Collection Online as of December 9, 2023
Portrait Head Vessel
Peru, North Coast, Moche style
(50-800)
Earthenware with colored slips
Overall: 30.5 x 28.9 x 25 cm (12 x 11 3/8 x 9 13/16 in.)
Gift of Guerdon S. Holden 1930.627
Location
232 Andean
Description
The Moche were unique in ancient Peru in creating realistic human portraits, usually in the form of ceramic vessels. This large example may represent an important captive who, like some Moche prisoner figures, wears double earrings and a hank of hair over the forehead.