1989.W.125 Vessel: human leg effigy (Peru, Moche)


GENERAL DESCRIPTION  

NOTES
  • Moche, Early Intermediate Period, 200–500 CE (noted on TMS), updated by KJones on 11/29/13, 06/19/14, 02/05/16, and 05/23/16.
  • Fun Facts Source: Junius B. Bird Report, 1/26/1976, p. 30, TMS, Notes / Text Entries, Attribution.

Cultures
Moche: AAT: 300017287

Geography 
Moche (river): TGN: 7016595
Peru (nation): TGN: 1000056

Process/materials
ceramic (material): AAT: 300235507
slip (clay): AAT: 300010459
paint (coating): AAT: 300015029
slip glaze: AAT: 300015110
clay: AAT: 300010439
modeling (forming): AAT: 300053130
coiling (pottery technique): AAT: 300053903
firing (technique): AAT: 300053887

Historical periods
Early Intermediate period (Pre-Columbian Andean styles and periods): AAT: 300017280

Individuals

Subject terms
vessels (containers): AAT: 300193015
ritual vessels: AAT: 300265801
funerary objects: AAT: 300234126
figures (representations): AAT: 300189808
human figures: AAT: 300404114
legs (animal or human components): AAT: 300310192
feet (animal components): AAT: 300310200
bodies (human and animal components): AAT: 300404640
dismemberment (destruction / process): AAT: 300250469
sacrifices: AAT: 300263243
effigies (funerary sculpture): AAT: 300047108
effigies (general portraits): 300404933

RELATED OBJECTS 

PROVENANCE 
Until 1976: Nora and John Wise, New York [1]

1976-1989: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, on long-term loan from the above [1], [2]

From 1989: Dallas Museum of Art, the Nora and John Wise Collection, bequest of Nora Wise [1]

[1] The main source for this provenance is existing information in TMS. Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.

[2] The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, was changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.

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WEB RESOURCES 

ARCHIVAL RESOURCES

FUN FACTS
  • In his 1976 report, Junius B. Bird, curator emeritus of South American archaeology at the American Museum of Natural History, notes: "Mochica (Moche), Phase 4. *P21 Depicts amputated  human leg."

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Fun Facts
  • In his 1976 report, Junius B. Bird, curator emeritus of South American archaeology at the American Museum of Natural History, notes: "Mochica (Moche), Phase 4. *P21 Depicts amputated  human leg."

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Notes
  • Moche, Early Intermediate Period, 200–500 CE (noted on TMS), updated by KJones on 11/29/13, 06/19/14, 02/05/16, and 05/23/16.
  • Fun Facts Source: Junius B. Bird Report, 1/26/1976, p. 30, TMS, Notes / Text Entries, Attribution.

Cultures
Moche: AAT: 300017287

Geography 
Moche (river): TGN: 7016595
Peru (nation): TGN: 1000056

Process/materials
ceramic (material): AAT: 300235507
slip (clay): AAT: 300010459
paint (coating): AAT: 300015029
slip glaze: AAT: 300015110
clay: AAT: 300010439
modeling (forming): AAT: 300053130
coiling (pottery technique): AAT: 300053903
firing (technique): AAT: 300053887

Historical periods
Early Intermediate period (Pre-Columbian Andean styles and periods): AAT: 300017280

Individuals

Subject terms
vessels (containers): AAT: 300193015
ritual vessels: AAT: 300265801
funerary objects: AAT: 300234126
figures (representations): AAT: 300189808
human figures: AAT: 300404114
legs (animal or human components): AAT: 300310192
feet (animal components): AAT: 300310200
bodies (human and animal components): AAT: 300404640
dismemberment (destruction / process): AAT: 300250469
sacrifices: AAT: 300263243
effigies (funerary sculpture): AAT: 300047108
effigies (general portraits): 300404933

RELATED OBJECTS 

PROVENANCE 
Until 1976: Nora and John Wise, New York [1]

1976-1989: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, on long-term loan from the above [1], [2]

From 1989: Dallas Museum of Art, the Nora and John Wise Collection, bequest of Nora Wise [1]

[1] The main source for this provenance is existing information in TMS. Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.

[2] The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, was changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.

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ceramic (material): AAT: 300235507
clay: AAT: 300010439
funerary objects: AAT: 300234126
modeling (forming): AAT: 300053130
slip (clay): AAT: 300010459
slip glaze: AAT: 300015110
paint (coating): AAT: 300015029
effigies (funerary sculpture): AAT: 300047108
coiling (pottery technique): AAT: 300053903
legs (animal or human components): AAT: 300310192
figures (representations): AAT: 300189808
effigies (general portraits): 300404933
vessels (containers): AAT: 300193015
ritual vessels: AAT: 300265801
sacrifices: AAT: 300263243
human figures: AAT: 300404114
Peru (nation): TGN: 1000056
firing (technique): AAT: 300053887
feet (animal components): AAT: 300310200
Moche: AAT: 300017287
Moche (river): TGN: 7016595
Early Intermediate period (Pre-Columbian Andean styles and periods): AAT: 300017280
bodies (human and animal components): AAT: 300404640
dismemberment (destruction / process): AAT: 300250469
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