Effigy pot of figure holding snake

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Provenance

Acquired by the Wellcome institute in 1931 from a sale in Paris of the ethnographic collections formerly belonging to surrealist writers Paul Eluard and Andre Breton.

Donated to the Sainsbury Centre, University of East Anglia by the Wellcome Trust in 1981.

Not on display

Title/Description: Effigy pot of figure holding snake

Object Type: Figure

Materials: Ceramic

Measurements: h. 230 x w. 140 x d. 120 mm

Accession Number: 40089 (Wellcome)

Production Place: Moche Valley, Peru, South America, The Americas

Credit Line: Donated by the Wellcome Trust, 1981

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