Description:
Ceramic portrait head vessel. Skin is colored a dark brown; head cloth is a cream. Mouth of vessel is a wide circle at the top of the man's head. he wears ear ornaments and has a scar about his right lip.

Label Text:
Moche portrait head vessels seem to portray individual members of society, rather than a generic category of person as defined by class or occupation like the West Mexican effigies on display nearby. This face with its distinctivescarred upper lip appears on some 40 other vessels, likely representing the same Moche elite from his youth through his adulthood.

Tags:
ancient; archaeology; men; portraits; dress accessories; indigenous people; pottery; funeral rites and ceremonies

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