Unknown Central and South American
Seated Female Effigy Vessel

CultureMoche
Titles
  • Seated Female Effigy Vessel
Date100–800 AD
PlacePeru
MediumEarthenware with slip
Dimensionsbody: 11 1/2 × 8 1/4 × 9 inches
lid: 5 1/2 × 4 3/16 × 2 1/4 inches

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Isabel B. and Wallace S. Wilson
Object number86.503.A,.B
Not on view

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Provenance[David Bernstein Fine Art, New York, until 1986]; purchased by MFAH, 1986.

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