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Sculptural ceramic ceremonial vessel that represents a fellatio scene ML004284

Moche style1 AD - 800 AD

Museo Larco

Museo Larco
Lima, Peru

This sculptural ceramic bottle depicts a scene of fellatio. The woman has braids, and wears a patterned tunic, a necklace with rectangular beads and tubular ear ornaments. The man wears a turban similar to the ones Moche warriors wear under their helmets. Based on the scale of the representation, the woman has larger dimensions, probably representing an ancestral or mythological Moche woman symbolically linked to the earth, which receives the semen of the young warrior. (UH)

Esta botella escultórica de cerámica representa una escena de felación. La mujer tiene trenzas, una túnica con diseños, pectoral de cuentas cuadrangulares y orejeras tubulares. El hombre lleva un turbante parecido al que usan los guerreros Mochica bajo su casco. Por la escala de la representación, la mujer tiene mayores dimensiones, y probablemente se esté representando a una mujer ancestral Mochica vinculada simbólicamente a la tierra, que recibe el semen del joven guerrero. (UH)

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  • Title: Sculptural ceramic ceremonial vessel that represents a fellatio scene ML004284
  • Creator: Moche style
  • Date Created: 1 AD - 800 AD
  • Location Created: Trujillo, La Libertad, Peru, Peru
  • Título de la obra en español: Botella escultórica de cerámica que representa escena de felación ML004284
  • Style: Mochica
  • Place Part Of: Peru
  • Physical Dimensions: w125 x h200 x d180 mm (Complete object)
  • More Info: Collection Database Entry - Museo Larco - Museo Larco
  • Type: Sculptural Ceramic Ceremonial Vessel
  • Rights: Museo Larco, Museo Larco
  • External Link: Museo Larco
  • Medium: Cerámica
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