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Globular jar with modelled skull face on spout200–750 CE

Not on view
Ceramic vessel with spherical reddish-brown body, short cylindrical neck, and a modeled human face in cream-colored slip at the shoulder
Title
Globular jar with modelled skull face on spout
Culture
Moche
Place Made
Peru, North Coast
Date Made
200–750 CE
Medium
Slip-painted earthenware
Dimensions
Diameter: 3 1/5 in. (8.128 cm); 11 x 8 x 8 in. (27.94 x 20.32 x 20.32 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number
M.2010.115.91
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas