COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
CMA_.1990.227
AMICA Library Year:
2002
Object Type:
Sculpture
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:
c. 200-550
Creation Start Date:
200
Creation End Date:
550
Materials and Techniques:
earthenware with colored slips
Classification Term:
Sculpture
Style or Period:
Peru, North Coast, Moche style (50-800)
Dimensions:
Overall: 32cm x 18.3cm x 19.3cm
AMICA Contributor:
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Owner Location:
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
ID Number:
1990.227
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gruener
Provenance:
(May Company, Cleveland); James and Florence Gruener, Cleveland, 1967
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_.AM20020854.tif
