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Moche Culture, Stirrup with molusque and San Pedro cactus, Circa. 400 - 600 AD
Moche Culture, Stirrup with molusque and San Pedro cactus, Circa. 400 - 600 AD
Moche Culture, Stirrup with molusque and San Pedro cactus, Circa. 400 - 600 AD
Moche Culture, Stirrup with molusque and San Pedro cactus, Circa. 400 - 600 AD
Moche Culture, Stirrup with molusque and San Pedro cactus, Circa. 400 - 600 AD
Moche Culture, Stirrup with molusque and San Pedro cactus, Circa. 400 - 600 AD
Moche Culture, Stirrup with molusque and San Pedro cactus, Circa. 400 - 600 AD

Moche Culture 100 AD-700 AD

Stirrup with molusque and San Pedro cactus, Circa. 400 - 600 AD
Ceramic
22 cm high
8 5/8 in.
709 grams
MOC0010
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A bichrome ceramic stirrup vessel, the body formed as a mountainous backdrop to the San Pedro cacti painted on the front and rear faces; tiers of three and four bulbous...
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A bichrome ceramic stirrup vessel, the body formed as a mountainous backdrop to the San Pedro cacti painted on the front and rear faces; tiers of three and four bulbous protrusions likely representing molusc which featured on a number of vessels and Moche murals.

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Publications

Cf. Berrin, K. ed., The Spirit of Ancient Peru, Treasures From The Museo Arqueologico Rafael Larco Herrera, Thames And Hudson, 1998, p.119, for similar.
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