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Figure with "Moon Animal" Headdress and Llama1–700 CE

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Ceramic sculpture of a stylized human figure beside an animal figure, supporting a large oval painted dish, in cream, russet, and dark gray slip
Ceramic effigy vessel depicting a human figure riding a four-legged animal, painted in cream, red-brown, and black. The figure wears a wide-brimmed hat and supports a large oval disk with painted figural decoration on its inner surface. A small spout rises from the animal's back.
Ceramic figural vessel depicting a standing human figure with a large oval disk atop the head, wearing a red-brown tunic, one arm raised; a four-legged animal figure stands beside and slightly in front, its head turned upward. Cream and ochre slip with painted details.
Ceramic figure of a rider seated on a deer or similar four-legged animal, painted in cream and red-orange with a large circular disk balanced atop the figure's head, decorated with black painted glyphs or scrolling motifs on its interior face.
Title
Figure with "Moon Animal" Headdress and Llama
Culture
Recuay
Place Made
Peru, North-Central Highlands, Recuay
Date Made
1–700 CE
Medium
Slip-painted ceramic
Dimensions
15 x 6 x 5 in. (38.1 x 15.24 x 12.7 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number
M.2010.115.102
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas