Potsherds

Museum number:
4-2571
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.81
Description:
Fragments of black pottery, incised ornamentation of epigonal style, though to represent mythological figures.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Moche Site A (Huaca del Sol), Moche valley, La Libertad region
Culture or time period:
Ica Epigonal period and Middle Horizon, ancient Peru (800–1100 AD)
Collector:
Max Uhle
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Potsherds and Pottery
Accession date:
July 24, 1903
Department:
Ancient Peru
Loans:
S1945-1946 #3: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (dates unknown)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 12 titled Potsherds, accession number 4-2571, described as Fragments of black pottery, incised ornamentation of epigonal style, though to represent mythological figures.Hearst Museum object 2 of 12 titled Potsherds, accession number 4-2571, described as Fragments of black pottery, incised ornamentation of epigonal style, though to represent mythological figures.Hearst Museum object 3 of 12 titled Potsherds, accession number 4-2571, described as Fragments of black pottery, incised ornamentation of epigonal style, though to represent mythological figures.Hearst Museum object 4 of 12 titled Potsherds, accession number 4-2571, described as Fragments of black pottery, incised ornamentation of epigonal style, though to represent mythological figures.Hearst Museum object 5 of 12 titled Potsherds, accession number 4-2571, described as Fragments of black pottery, incised ornamentation of epigonal style, though to represent mythological figures.Hearst Museum object 6 of 12 titled Potsherds, accession number 4-2571, described as Fragments of black pottery, incised ornamentation of epigonal style, though to represent mythological figures.Hearst Museum object 7 of 12 titled Potsherds, accession number 4-2571, described as Fragments of black pottery, incised ornamentation of epigonal style, though to represent mythological figures.Hearst Museum object 8 of 12 titled Potsherds, accession number 4-2571, described as Fragments of black pottery, incised ornamentation of epigonal style, though to represent mythological figures.Hearst Museum object 9 of 12 titled Potsherds, accession number 4-2571, described as Fragments of black pottery, incised ornamentation of epigonal style, though to represent mythological figures.Hearst Museum object 10 of 12 titled Potsherds, accession number 4-2571, described as Fragments of black pottery, incised ornamentation of epigonal style, though to represent mythological figures.Hearst Museum object 11 of 12 titled Potsherds, accession number 4-2571, described as Fragments of black pottery, incised ornamentation of epigonal style, though to represent mythological figures.Hearst Museum object 12 of 12 titled Potsherds, accession number 4-2571, described as Fragments of black pottery, incised ornamentation of epigonal style, though to represent mythological figures.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Potsherds, accession number 4-2571, described as Fragments of black pottery, incised ornamentation of epigonal style, though to represent mythological figures.

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