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
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
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
209M Jones Galleries
On view
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Department
Art of the Indigenous AmericasObject Type
Published References "The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, A Permanent Legacy," Introduction by Dr. Peter C. Marzio, Houston, 1989
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