id: 112181 accession number: 1930.627 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1930.627 updated: Portrait Head Vessel, 200–550. Peru, North Coast, Moche style (50-800). Earthenware with colored slips; overall: 30.5 x 28.9 x 25 cm (12 x 11 3/8 x 9 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Guerdon S. Holden 1930.627 title: Portrait Head Vessel title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 200–550 creation date earliest: 200 creation date latest: 550 current location: 232 Andean creditline: Gift of Guerdon S. Holden copyright: --- culture: Peru, North Coast, Moche style (50-800) technique: earthenware with colored slips department: Art of the Americas collection: AA - Andes type: Ceramic find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 30.5 x 28.9 x 25 cm (12 x 11 3/8 x 9 13/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Art of the Americas opening date: 1945-11-09T05:00:00 Art of the Americas. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 9, 1945-January 6, 1946). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art; February 23 - April 3, 1966. "Treasures of Peruvian Gold." --- PROVENANCE El Salon de Arte El Inca, Lima, Peru date: footnotes: citations: (El Salon de Arte El Inca, Lima, Peru) date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: The Moche were unique in ancient Peru in creating realistic human portraits, usually in the form of ceramic vessels. This large example may represent an important captive who, like some Moche prisoner figures, wears double earrings and a hank of hair over the forehead. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1930.627/1930.627_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1930.627/1930.627_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1930.627/1930.627_full.tif