Portrait head vessel [man with scarred lip as an adult]

Published/Created:

Peru, Moche
ca. 200 BCE-600 CE

Notes:

This man, with the distinctive scar on the left side of his upper lip, has been portrayed at various ages in at least 45 portraits. Moche realistic portraiture flourished only during Phases III and IV.

Topics:

Ceramics -- Pre-Columbian -- Andean -- Moche -- (YVRC)

Culture:

Pre-Columbian: Moche

Accession Number:

254051

Genre:

containers: vessels: bottles (AAT)

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Furnishings & Decorative Arts
Tools, Equipment & Instruments

Rights:

The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement

Access Restrictions:

Yale Community Only

Source Note:

B: Pillsbury, Moche Art, Nat. Gal., 2001

Yale Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Digital Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Original Repository:

Berlin, Germany: Ethnologisches Museum

Local Record Number:

Portfolio Item ID: 14110

OID:

312503

PID:

digcoll:2321736