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Source Description
Moche imagery includes an intriguing world of creatures that mingle traits from different realms: beans sprout human legs and race up a spout, jars leap with human feet to pour themselves, and animals wield weapons in two hands. This figure, with a stag’s head but a human’s body, is an example. He is engaged in a coca-leaf chewing ritual and thus holds a bag for the leaves along with a container
of powdered lime that is one of the ritual’s key ingredients.
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Document identity
localId
165697
label
Deer-Headed Figure Vessel
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obj
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object
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1
Source metadata
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165697
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object
title
Deer-Headed Figure Vessel
description
Moche imagery includes an intriguing world of creatures that mingle traits from different realms: beans sprout human legs and race up a spout, jars leap with human feet to pour themselves, and animals wield weapons in two hands. This figure, with a stag’s head but a human’s body, is an example. He is engaged in a coca-leaf chewing ritual and thus holds a bag for the leaves along with a container
of powdered lime that is one of the ritual’s key ingredients.
date
200–850 CE
citation
rights
CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60752187
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Vessels
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 26.5 x 14 x 25.5 cm (10 7/16 x 5 1/2 x 10 1/16 in.)
cul
Central Andes, North Coast, Moche people
accession
2008.1
Source extras
tec
ceramic, slip
tombstone
Deer-Headed Figure Vessel, 200–850 CE. Central Andes, North Coast, Moche people. Ceramic, slip; overall: 26.5 x 14 x 25.5 cm (10 7/16 x 5 1/2 x 10 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Jo Hershey Selden Fund, 2008.1
collection
AA - Andes
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Jo Hershey Selden Fund
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2026-05-29 08:34:40.518000
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165697
dept
Art of the Americas
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AA - Andes
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ceramic, slip
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1
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0
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photo
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cd01deaaa5cda402