Sujet
Sea Lion Pup Vessel, 200-850. Creator: Unknown.
Légende
Sea Lion Pup Vessel, 200-850. Sea lions commonly appear in Moche art as effigy vessels, like this appealing pup, or in complex scenes that often show them as the targets of human hunters. They may have been prized in part for the beach pebbles found in their stomachs; modern Peruvian folk healers consider such pebbles to have powerful medicinal qualities. Also, colonial-period natives believed that sea lions carried the dead to off-shore islands, an idea that could date to Moche times.
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art
Notre référence
HRM19G03_303
Model release
NA
Property release
NA
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
79,2Mo (4,6Mo) / 42,3cm x 46,9cm / 4992 x 5543 (300dpi)