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Vaso con ansa a ponte raffigurante una testa di giaguaro

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Titolo dell'opera:

Vase with a bridge shaped handle representing the head of a jaguar

Acquisizione:

Mario Marini Montesoro 1957 donazione

Ambito culturale:

ambito Moche I-II

Author/ School/ Dating:

Vase with a bridge shaped handle representing the head of a jaguar

Object Type:

head shaped vase

Epoca:

III b.C. - VIII a.C. - 300 b.C. - 800 a.C.

Misure:

Unità di misura: cm; Altezza: 19.5; Larghezza: 15; Profondità: 12

Provenienza (nazione):

Perù

Tecnica:

argilla- a stampo

Ultimi prestiti:

Vero o falso? Modellare per capire. Laboratorio permanente di ceramica precolombiana. - Genova, Laboratorio didattico Sant'Agostino - 2000-2001<br>L'America indigena nelle collezioni del Civico Istituto Colombiano di Genova - Genova, Palazzo Doria - 1990

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Moche

Descrizione:

Vase with a slightly convex bottom. The body in the shape of the head of a jaguar is light brown, has open fangs and rielief teeth of cream color, The nose is in relief with horizontal incisions painted in red and brown, while the whiskers are beige, red and brown. The concentrical circles represent the eyes, incised and painted in browns, like the painted eye-brows. The ears are in relief, incised and painted in beige and brown and are shaped at the base of the two cylindrical spouts, with a red painted rim. The handle in the shape of a bridge is decorated with two patterns, a Greek fret and triangular motifs, painted in red.

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Titolo dell'opera:

Flutes

Acquisizione:

Esso Standard s.d. donazione

Ambito culturale:

cultura Moche

Author/ School/ Dating:

Flutes

Epoca:

Misure:

Unità di misura: cm; Larghezza: 2; Lunghezza: 11; Spessore: 1.3; Unità di misura: cm; Larghezza: 1.8; Lunghezza: 10.7; Spessore: 1.3

Provenienza (nazione):

Perù

Tecnica:

osso

Ultimi prestiti:

Due mondi a confronto. I segni della storia - Genova, Palazzo Ducale - maggio-ottobre 1992<br>L'America indigena nelle collezioni del Civico Istituto Colombiano di Genova - Genova, Palazzo Doria - marzo 1990

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Moche

Descrizione:

Two bone flutes, each with three holes, one cream-colored, the other orange-brown.

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Author/ School/ Dating:

Spondylus shells

Misure:

Unità di misura: cm
Diametro: 9

Provenienza (nazione):

Perù

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Moche

Called mullu in the Quechua language, these large shells from the Equadorian pacific coast were an important trading article in the Andean region and had various social and ritualistic applications; they were used as offerings to the gods, as symbols of prestige, and as material for the production of different ornaments, as well as being depicted on ceramics.