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Source Description
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.
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112181
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Portrait Head Vessel
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object
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112181
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object
title
Portrait Head Vessel
description
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.
date
200–550 CE
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
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Q60761881
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Ceramic
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1
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import
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Overall: 30.5 x 28.9 x 25 cm (12 x 11 3/8 x 9 13/16 in.)
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Peru, North Coast, Moche style
accession
1930.627
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earthenware with colored slips
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Portrait Head Vessel, 200–550 CE. Peru, North Coast, Moche style. Earthenware with colored slips; overall: 30.5 x 28.9 x 25 cm (12 x 11 3/8 x 9 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Guerdon S. Holden, 1930.627
collection
AA - Andes
citations
citation
"Ancient Peruvian Pottery." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>18, no. 2 pt. 1 (February 1931): 30, 35-38.
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Mentioned: p. 35-36; Reproduced: p. 43
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Gift of Guerdon S. Holden
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2026-05-29 05:55:54.407000
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112181
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Art of the Americas
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AA - Andes
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earthenware with colored slips
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