CultureMoche
Titles
- Vessel in the Form of a Feline Head
Date100–800 AD
MediumEarthenware with slip
DimensionsOverall: 7 5/16 × 5 7/8 in. (18.5 × 15 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Accessions Endowment
Object number2013.86
Not on view
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Department
Art of the Indigenous AmericasObject Type
Exhibition History- Soleure, Museum der Stadt, Allerlei Schönes aus Afrika, Amerika und der Südsee, September 28-November 10, 1957 Geneva, Musée Barbier-Mueller, January 30-March 24, 1992, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Fondation Maeght, April 11-June 15, 1992, Barcelona, Fondation la Caixa, November 25, 1992-January 24, 1993, Art millénaire des Amériques: de la découverte à l’admiration, 1492-1992
- Lisbon, Museu Calouste Gulbenkian, Arte pré-colombiana da colecção Barbier-Mueller, March 23-June 4, 1995 Barcelona, Museu Barbier-Mueller d’Art Precolombíen, October 30-April 2004, Lausanne, Fondation de l’Hermitage, June 25-October 24, 2004, Trésors de la céramique précolombienne du Museo Barbier-Mueller de Arte Precolombino de Barcelona
- “Fangs, Feathers, and Fins: Sacred Creatures in Ancient American Art,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 15, 2014–March 22, 2015.
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