id:			164437
accession number:	2005.6
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2005.6
updated:		2025-09-25 11:11:10.865000

Big-Eared Brown Bat Vessel, 200–850 CE. Central Andes, North Coast, Moche people. Ceramic, slip; overall: 18.4 x 17.7 x 15.8 cm (7 1/4 x 6 15/16 x 6 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 2005.6

title:				Big-Eared Brown Bat Vessel
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creation date:			200–850 CE
creation date earliest:		200
creation date latest:		850
current location:		232 Andean
creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	Central Andes, North Coast, Moche people
technique:	ceramic, slip
department:	Art of the Americas
collection:	AA - Andes
type:		Ceramic
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measurements: Overall: 18.4 x 17.7 x 15.8 cm (7 1/4 x 6 15/16 x 6 1/4 in.)
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PROVENANCE

	Update on pre-acquisition history pending.
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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CITATIONS

	Simmons, Lisa, and Sue Bergh. "A South American Bestiary." <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine </em>48, no. 9 (November 2008): 5-7.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: p. 5-7
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAMM2008-09/page/n3/mode/2up

	Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 334
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