Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; purchased for MAI by George Gustav Heye from an unknown source in Paris, France, in 1925.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- probably Moche (Mochica) (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- MAI agent
- George Gustav Heye (GGH), Non-Indian, 1874-1957
- Date created
- AD 200-600
- Object Name
- Vessel in human form
- Media/Materials
- Pottery, paint
- Techniques
- Mold-made, painted
- Object Type
- Containers and Vessels
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