Effigy Vessel
53-27-1
From: Peru | Viru Valley
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 53-27-1 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Moche |
| Provenience | Peru | Viru Valley |
| Culture Area | Andean |
| Date Made | 200 BCE - 700 CE |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Iconography | Human | Feline | Mountain |
| Description | Red ware. Human-feline deity eating something (heart?). He stands over fallen human warrior held by puma-warrior. |
| Height | 26.5 cm |
| Width | 36.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Exchange with Museum of International Folk Art, New Mexico, 1953 |
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