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Ceramic ceremonial vessel that represents a duality ML010816

Moche style1 AD - 800 AD

Museo Larco

Museo Larco
Lima, Peru

This is a ceramic bottle representing duality, a concept that is at the center of the Andean world. In the Quechua language, the concept of duality is called complementary tinkuy, and is expressed in this bottle in the way the color is distributed over space container and arched handle connector. (UH)

Esta es una botella de cerámica que representa la dualidad, concepto que está en el centro de la cosmovisión andina. En el idioma quechua, el concepto de la dualidad complementaria se conoce como tinkuy, y se expresa en esta botella en la manera cómo ha sido distribuido el color sobre el espacio del contenedor y del asa en forma de arco conector. (UH)

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  • Title: Ceramic ceremonial vessel that represents a duality ML010816
  • Creator: Moche style
  • Date Created: 1 AD - 800 AD
  • Location Created: Trujillo, La Libertad, Peru, Peru
  • Título de la obra en español: Botella de cerámica que representa dualidad ML010816
  • Style: Mochica
  • Place Part Of: Peru
  • Physical Dimensions: w147 x h251 x d145 mm (Complete object)
  • More Info: Collection Database Entry - Museo Larco - Museo Larco
  • Type: Ceramic Ceremonial Vessel
  • Rights: Museo Larco, Museo Larco
  • External Link: Museo Larco
  • Medium: Cerámica
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