Portrait Head Vessel
https://clevelandart.org/art/1930.627
The Moche were unique in ancient Peru in creating realistic human portraits, usually in the form of ceramic vessels. This large example may represent an important captive who, like some Moche prisoner figures, wears double earrings and a hank of hair over the forehead.
Artifact
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id
112181
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contentType
object
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| citation |
citation
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| rights |
rights
CC0
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rightsUri
CC0
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| language |
language
en
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| wikidata |
wikidata
[
"Q60761881"
]
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| source |
source
import
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| accession |
accession
1930.627
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Source image fields (4)
| thumbnailUrl | https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1930.627/1930.627_web.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1930.627/1930.627_web.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1930.627/1930.627_web.jpg |
| imageCount | 1 |
Terms
Culture
Peru, North Coast, Moche style
Technique
earthenware with colored slips
Genre
Ceramic
Department
Art of the Americas
Relations
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