Artifact
Portrait-Head Vessel
Description
- Orangeware vessel with a cream slip and red painted decoration
- Stirrup-spout handle resembles a riding stirrup in shape
- Moulded portrait-head vessel with three-dimensional facial features and painted headdress decorations
- This type of earthenware vessel is given the name of "Huaco" in Peru
- Made by the Indigenous peoples of Peru
Background Information
- Purchased as a memento in Peru by Charles Wallen.
- This type of pottery is usually linked to ceremonial, religious, or artistic uses rather than utilitarian due to their high provenience in burials and temples.
- Two-toned red and white colouration is typical of Moche pottery, a northern coastal Peruvian culture
Latitude: 4° 34' 43.025" S
Longitude: 81° 16' 20.95" W
Date
Pre-Columbian (AD 900-1492)
Dimensions
inches
Length:
3.5
Width:
3.0
Height:
7.5
Events, Places, People
- Charles Wallen
- Moche Culture
- Peru
