Title
Mochica blackware effigy jar with distinctive north coast type stirrup spout portraying a musician playing a conch shell trumpet
Caption
Mochica blackware effigy jar with distinctive north coast type stirrup spout portraying a musician playing a conch shell trumpet, His turban like headdress and large earrings indicate high social status. The cheek may have been inlaid with shell or turquoise. Peru. Mochica. 250 650 AD. North coast of Peru.
Info+
Werner Forman Archive/ Museum fur Volkerkunde, Berlin
Credit line
Photo12/Universal Images Group/Werner Forman
Reference
UMG12A30_157
Model release
No
License type
Rights managed
Available size
30,7Mb (1,7Mb) / 11,8in x 10,1in / 3528 x 3044 (300dpi)