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Pre-Columbian Moche culture - Peru
Northern coastal desert area.

Moche seated portrait figure wearing a poncho and headwear.
His face is painted with geometrical designs.
Possibly it is a facial tattoo, which was common practice in Moche society.
Spout repaired.

Time period: ca. 400 - 600 AD
Moche style period IV

Dimensions: 21 cm high

Provenance: purchased at a German auction house in 2005.

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Ca. 400 - 600 AD - Peru

Moche Pottery Figure with painted or tatooed face

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