Stirrup spout vessel in form of a head ·  Peru, northern coast, Moche Phase III-IV · ID: 3038705

Description

fired clay, light red coating, painted beige, head with disfigured facial features and knob-shaped appendage, min. dam., fine cracks, small missing parts, slight traces of abrasion;
the disfigurement is probably the result a tropical disease such as leishmaniasis or verruga, diseases with similar symptoms. Both produce faces that almost look mummified.

Expertise

Thermoluminescence Expertise, 15.04.1982, Ralf Kotalla, Haigerloch, Germany

Littérature comparée

Berrin, Kathleen (ed.), The spirit of ancient Peru, San Francisco 1998, p. 131, ill. 69