Minneapolis Institute of Art
Vessel in the form of a Duck
Moche artist
- Date
- 1st-8th century
- Medium
- Ceramic, pigment
- Culture
- Moche
- Department
- Arts of the Americas
- Institution
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
In the high desert of Peru water is very scarce. These ceramics, although made of porous earthenware, are slip coated and highly burnished to reduce loss of water due to evaporation. The spouts on the stirrup handles would also have been stoppered. Moche, Americas
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