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Bottle representing a high-ranking figure
Moche Culture2nd-7th century
Mudec - Museum of Cultures
Milan, Italy
In Moche visual art, high-ranking figures can be identified by dress and ornaments – in this case, a necklace decorated with trophy-heads on one figure and a headdress shaped like a wild cat, symbol of political and religious power, on both. Potters of the Jequetepeque Valley sculpted mostly by hand, without using molds.
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- Title: Bottle representing a high-ranking figure
- Creator: Moche Culture
- Date Created: 2nd-7th century
- Location Created: Peru, Northern Coast, Jequetepeque River area
- Physical Dimensions: h 17 cm
- Type: Bottle
- Rights: Federico Balzarotti Collection - Museum of Cultures, Milan - PAM 1247
- Medium: Coil-built and hand-modeled terracotta
- Collocazione: Currently not on view
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