Moche Sex Pottery. For about 700 years, between 100 and 800 AD, the Moche civilization flourished along the coast of what is now Northern Peru. The precise details of their political structure, ...

Such vessels have only been found previously in the tombs of powerful priestess-queens, so that was likely the role this woman played in life. The elaborate decoration of the coffin is another ...

This ceramic vessel depicts a person wearing a feline mask in the act of slitting a captive’s throat. It probably represents a moment during a Moche sacrifice ceremony. (Werner Forman Archive ...

Strombus Monster Meets Demon Fish! Wrinkle Face Battles Crab Deity! Fox-Head Fish Fights Sea Anemone! The curved clay surfaces of Moche vessels from ancient Peru are sites of extraordinary ...

Two examples of potato-shaped ceramics from the Moche culture of Peru. L: Anthropomorphic potato... [+] vessel from 400 AD in the Larco Museum, Peru. R: Potato shaped vessel from the Larco Museum ...

JEQUETEPEQUE VALLEY, PERU—The eighth tomb of a series of powerful Moche priestess-queens has been unearthed at the site of San José de Moro. Some 1,200 years ago, her body had been placed in a ...

A Moche ceramic vessel from 200-850 AD represents a bat about to take flight. âThis is my favorite,â Bergh said of the bat. âThe Moche are masters of representation.

The sculptures created by the Moche culture that thrived in northern Peru 100 to 800 years after Christ are ... expressed through these ceramic vessels that we call the Erotic Huacos," said ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. You will find this graceful bird nestled quietly in the room of the exhibition devoted to art of the pre-Incan Moche culture. Anyone ...