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Dipper vessel with human head on the handle200–700 CE

Not on view
Ceramic ring-shaped vessel with a long, tapering neck topped by a small modeled human head wearing a conical headdress, cream and russet slip surface

Unknown, Dipper vessel with human head on the handle, 200–700 CE, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost, Photograph © Justin Kerr

Title
Dipper vessel with human head on the handle
Culture
Moche
Place Made
Peru, North Coast
Date Made
200–700 CE
Medium
Slip-painted ceramic
Dimensions
Diameter: 6 1/2 in. (16.51 cm); 4 1/2 x 12 x 6 1/2 in. (11.43 x 30.48 x 16.51 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number
M.2010.115.57
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas