Object Details
Culture
Moche (Peru)
Early Intermediate Period
Date
ca. 100-700 AD
Medium
Redware
Dimensions
9 1/2 x 6 inches (24.1 x 15.2 cm)
Credit Line
Transfer from the Sociology – Anthropology Department. Spring 1956.
Object
Number
56.228
This redware Moche vessel has a seated male figure flanked by two smaller figures, one broken off, t(…)
This redware Moche vessel has a seated male figure flanked by two smaller figures, one broken off, the other a bird. The central figure wears a crested headdress with a feline face, collar, bracelets, and belt. A small animal, possibly a feline, crouches at the foot of the central figure below the bird. The fanged human figure may represent Ai-Apaec, a Moche god who is thought to have been the son of the supreme deity or mountain god, since he is often pictured on vessels seated below mountain peaks.
