$35,000.00
Culture: Moche
Region: North Coast, Peru
Date/Origin: Circa AD 400-550
Type: Stirrup Vessel
Material: Terracotta
Dimensions: 11 1/2 in.
Description: Exquisitely Modeled Vessel Portrays A Man Whose Face Was Rendered Many Times At Various Stages Of His Adult Life. Known As Cut Lip After A Scar On His Left Upper Lip. Represent The Decapitated Heads Of High-Ranking Lords Who Died In Battle. Only Portrait Of Cut Lip Wearing A Head Ring With Elaborate Textile Tassels, Rather Than His Usual Turban. Represents Him In His Early Twenties.
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