vessl in the form of a seated figure

Unknown300-500

Details

Title: vessl in the form of a seated figure
Creator: Unknown
Creator Gender: None
Date Created: 300-500
Type: vessels
Rights: Gift of Bonnie and David Ross
External Link: http://www.imamuseum.org/mercury/load-artwork/42755
Medium: slipped and painted earthenware
wall label: The seated figure wears a bag containing coca leaves, from which cocaine is made, for coca-chewing rituals. A common vessel shape used in ancient Peru had a "stirrup-spout" handle, in which a center spout at the top is connected to the vessel by a pair of tubes curved like a horse's stirrup.
measurements: 7 1/2 x 5 x 7 in.
culture: Moche culture

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