Unknown Central and South American
Skull Vessel

Skull Vessel

Public Domain

Skull Vessel
Artist
CultureMoche
Titles
  • Skull Vessel
Date100–800 AD
PlacePeru
MediumEarthenware with slip
DimensionsOverall: 8 3/4 × 6 3/4 × 6 3/4 in. (22.2 × 17.1 × 17.1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by The Brown Foundation, Inc.
Object number2009.557
Non exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas
Object Type
ProvenanceFerdinand Anton, by 1969; Private collection, Europe; [The Merrin Gallery, Inc., New York, until 2009]; purchased by MFAH, 2009.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
"25" with drill hole at CR base

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