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Effigy Jar with Man and Bird
Effigy Jar with Man and Bird

Effigy Jar with Man and Bird

Dateca. 100-700 AD
MediumRedware
Dimensions9 1/2 x 6 inches (24.1 x 15.2 cm)
CultureMoche (Peru)
PeriodEarly Intermediate Period
ClassificationsCeramics
Credit LineTransfer from the Sociology - Anthropology Department. Spring 1956.
Terms
  • Perú
  • Ceramics
  • Redware
  • Birds
  • Headgear
  • Headdresses
  • Cats
  • Animals
  • Bracelets
  • Necklaces
  • Moche
Object number56.228
Label CopyThis redware Moche vessel has a seated male figure flanked by two smaller figures, one broken off, the other a bird. The central figure wears a crested headdress with a feline face, collar, bracelets, and belt. A small animal, possibly a feline, crouches at the foot of the central figure below the bird. The fanged human figure may represent Ai-Apaec, a Moche god who is thought to have been the son of the supreme deity or mountain god, since he is often pictured on vessels seated below mountain peaks.
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