Moche portrait vessels
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Moche portrait vessels are highly realistic ceramic effigies of individual human faces created by the ancient Moche culture of Peru, renowned for their detailed depiction of personal identity, status, and emotion.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
archaeological artifact
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ceramic vessel type ⓘ pre-Columbian art ⓘ |
| artHistoricalSignificance | among the most realistic portrait ceramics of ancient Americas ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Moche elite
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Moche rulers ⓘ Moche warriors ⓘ |
| civilization | Moche civilization NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collection |
British Museum
NERFINISHED
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Larco Museum, Lima NERFINISHED ⓘ Metropolitan Museum of Art NERFINISHED ⓘ Museo Nacional de Arqueología, Antropología e Historia del Perú NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| color |
red-on-cream
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redware ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Peru NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creatorCulture | Moche culture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culture | Moche culture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts |
human faces
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individual portraits ⓘ |
| endTime | c. 800 CE ⓘ |
| feature |
detailed depiction of emotion
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detailed depiction of status ⓘ distinctive personal identity ⓘ highly realistic facial features ⓘ naturalistic modeling ⓘ three-dimensional portrait heads ⓘ |
| foundIn |
Huaca de la Luna region
NERFINISHED
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Huaca del Sol region NERFINISHED ⓘ Moche tombs ⓘ |
| function |
elite burial offering
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ritual object ⓘ status marker ⓘ |
| hasPart |
globular body
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stirrup spout ⓘ |
| iconography |
cranial deformation
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earspools indicating status ⓘ facial hair styles ⓘ headdresses indicating rank ⓘ scarification marks ⓘ |
| material |
ceramic
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clay ⓘ |
| regionOfOrigin | North Coast of Peru NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | c. 100 CE ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
Andean archaeology
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pre-Columbian art history ⓘ |
| surfaceTreatment | slipped and burnished ⓘ |
| technique |
hand-modeled details
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mold-made ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Early Intermediate Period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| useContext |
ceremonial context
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funerary context ⓘ |
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