COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
CMA_.1930.627
AMICA Library Year:
2002
Object Type:
Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Creator Nationality:
South American; Pre-Columbian; Moche
Creator Name-CRT:
Peru, North Coast, Moche style (50-800)
Title:
Portrait Head Vessel
Title Type:
Primary
View:
Full View
Creation Date:
200-550
Creation Start Date:
200
Creation End Date:
550
Materials and Techniques:
earthenware with colored slips
Classification Term:
Ceramic
Style or Period:
Peru, North Coast, Moche style (50-800)
Dimensions:
Overall: 30.6cm x 23cm
AMICA Contributor:
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Owner Location:
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
ID Number:
1930.627
Credit Line:
Gift of Guerdon S. Holden
Provenance:
(El Salon de Arte El Inca, Lima, Peru)
Context:
The Moche were unique in the Andes for creating realistic human portraits, usually in the form of head-shaped vessels. The heads' identities are unclear though we assume that many represent elites, including rulers. The large vessel, however, may be an important person of another kind-a captive who, like some prisoner figures, has double earrings and a hank of hair over the forehead.
Related Image Identifier Link:
CMA_.AM20020286.tif
