Modeled grey-brown head of a ritually mutilated person with ear spools, headband, grinning face. Two incised vertical lines at the back; hole in top of head. Unbroken ceramic.

• Iconographic Meaning

  Ritually mutilated individuals participated in funerary rites.

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• Type of Item figure
• Culture Moche
• Material clay
• Measurements height 6.0 cm, width 4.1 cm, depth 4.0 cm (overall)

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• Previous Owner Alan R. Sawyer, Erika H. Sawyer
• Received from Erika H. Sawyer

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• Made in Peru

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• Creation Date between 101 BCE and 800
• Collection Date between 1950 and 1975
• Ownership Date before January 15, 2013
• Acquisition Date on January 15, 2013

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• Item Classes ceramics
• Condition fair
• Accession Number 2990/0289