Title
In typically Mochica style, this modelled ceramic shows a priest or shaman engaged in a curing ritual or praying over a deceased person
Caption
In typically Mochica style, this modelled ceramic shows a priest or shaman engaged in a curing ritual or praying over a deceased person, The shaman wears a feline headdress and large disc earrings. His eyes may be closed or he may have been blind. Peru. Mochica. 100 600 AD. North coast of Peru.
Info+
Werner Forman Archive/ Museum fur Volkerkunde, Berlin
Credit line
Photo12/Universal Images Group/Werner Forman
Reference
UMG12A30_265
Model release
No
License type
Rights managed
Available size
28,0Mb (1,2Mb) / 9,3in x 11,7in / 2788 x 3512 (300dpi)