id:			112181
accession number:	1930.627
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1930.627
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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
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creation date:			200–550
creation date earliest:		200
creation date latest:		550
current location:		232 Andean
creditline:			Gift of Guerdon S. Holden
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culture:	Peru, North Coast, Moche style (50-800)
technique:	earthenware with colored slips
department:	Art of the Americas
collection:	AA - Andes
type:		Ceramic
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measurements: Overall: 30.5 x 28.9 x 25 cm (12 x 11 3/8 x 9 13/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Art of the Americas
	opening date:   1945-11-09T05:00:00
	<i>Art of the Americas</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 9, 1945-January 6, 1946).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art; February 23 - April 3, 1966. "Treasures of Peruvian Gold."

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PROVENANCE

	El Salon de Arte El Inca, Lima, Peru
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	(El Salon de Arte El Inca, Lima, Peru)
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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.
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