V - 401 - 500

Unità di misura: cm; Altezza: 21; Diametro: 16.5

Perù

terracotta dipinta

Mostra d'arte precolombiana e di etnologia americana - Genova/ Castello D'Albertis - 1972/1977

The find was part of a funerary outfit. A red-orange, cream and brown coloured vessel, with a cream-coloured back-bracket handle and a flat bottom. The anthropomorphic chamber depicts a standing male figure with his arms raised in the act of displaying a fabric, possibly a poncho, as a funerary offering. The figure wears a shirt decorated with geometric motifs in cream and brown, and on the back carries a coca (chuspa) bag also coloured in cream and brown. The clothing is completed by cream-coloured ear spools and cap headgear. The facial features are both in relief and engraved, and traces of burnished facial paintings are visible.