Artworks · Moche

Fragment

800 · Cotton and wool (camelid), plain weave with discontinuous wefts and single dovetailed tapestry weave; edged with cross-knit loop stitches

52.1 × 27.6 cm (20 1/2 × 10 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Parrot Whistling Vessel

600 · Earthenware and pigment

H.: 13.7 cm (5 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Double Chambered Vessel in the Form of Seated Figure, Possibly Deceased

600 · Earthenware and pigment

17.2 × 21.3 cm (6 3/4 × 8 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Bean Warrior Vessel

600 · Earthenware and pigment

25.9 × 13.2 cm (10 3/16 × 5 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Portrait Vessel

600 · Earthenware and mineral slips

34.7 × 20.6 × 22.6 cm (13 11/16 × 8 1/8 × 8 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Fragment

500

32.4 × 9.5 cm (12 3/4 × 3 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Fragment

500 · Slit tapestry weave

39.4 × 5.1 cm (15 1/2 × 2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Fragment (Band)

500 · Slit tapestry weave

Art Institute of Chicago

Border (From a Garment)

500 · Cotton and wool; slit tapestry weave

17.8 × 186.7 cm (7 × 73 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Fragment

500 · slit tapestry

16.5 × 9.5 cm (6 1/2 × 3 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Vessel of Man with Enlarged Penis

500 · Earthenware and pigment

H.: 21.6 cm (8 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Shield

500 · Silvered copper

D. 7/8 × Diam. 12 3/16 in. (2.2 × 31 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Shirt

500 · Camelid hair, cotton

H. 34 1/4 x W. 58 in. (87 x 147.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Stirrup-spout bottle with mountain sacrifice scene

500 · Ceramic, slip

H. 8 1/4 × W. 5 × D. 7 1/2 in. (21 × 12.7 × 19.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Ear ornament with winged runner

400 · Gold, turquoise, sodalite, shell

H. 3 3/4 × W. 3 7/8 × D. 3 1/4 in. (9.5 × 9.8 × 8.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Trumpet with Feline Face

350 · Earthenware and pigment

17.8 × 27.9 cm (7 × 11 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Frog Vessel

350 · Earthenware (blackware)

19.7 × 16.8 cm (7 3/4 × 6 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Mating Llama Vessel

350 · Earthenware and pigment

H.: 23.2 cm (9 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Vessel with Sex Scene

350 · Earthenware and pigment

H.: 24.5 cm (9 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Figure of a Seated Official

350 · Ceramic

Approx: H.: 12.7 cm (5 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Vessel in Form of Stacked Bowls of Fruits, Vegetables, and Peanuts

250 · Ceramic and pigment

H.: 27.3 cm (10 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Stirrup Spout Vessel Depicting Diagonal Rows of Peanuts

250 · Ceramic and pigment

H.: 23.9 cm (9 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Spout Vessel in Form of a Stack of Globular Fruits

250 · Ceramic and pigment

H.: 21.6 cm (8 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Spout Vessel in the Form of a Gourd

250 · Ceramic and pigment

H.: 18.4 cm (7 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Stirrup Vessel in the Form of Multi-Headed Feline Being

250 · Ceramic and pigment

H.: 27.3 cm (10 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Stirrup Vessel in the Form of a Feline Head

250 · Ceramic and pigment

H.: 30.2 cm (10 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Square Spouted Vessel with Parrot Molded on Handle

250 · Ceramic and pigment

H.: 19.5 cm (7 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Feline Figurine

250 · Gold

H.: 10.8 cm (4 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Vessel Depicting a Bound Prisoner Facing a Jaguar

250 · Ceramic and pigment

30.5 × 16.9 cm (12 × 6 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Vessel in the Form of a Seated Ruler with a Pampas Cat

250 · Ceramic and pigment

19.4 × 19.1 cm (7 5/8 × 7 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Stirrup-spout bottle with combat scene

200 · Ceramic

H. 4 1/2 x W. 3 7/8 x D. 5 1/2 in. (11.4 x 9.9 x 14 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Stirrup-spout bottle with seated figure

200 · Ceramic

H. 6 3/8 × W. 4 1/2 × D. 6 1/2 in. (16.2 × 11.4 × 16.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Mold-Made Female Figurine

100 · Ceramic and pigment

11.1 × 3.3 cm (4 3/8 × 1 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Mold-Made Female Figurine Wrapped in Cloth and Tied with String

100 · Ceramic, cloth and string and pigment

11.4 × 3.8 cm (4 1/2 × 1 1/2 in.) [figurine only: 3 × 2.5 cm (1 3/16 × 1 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Mold-Made Female Figurine

100 · Ceramic and pigment

7.9 × 2.2 cm (3 1/8 × 1 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Mold-Made Female Figurine

100 · Ceramic and pigment

8.1 × 3.5 cm (3 3/16 × 1 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Mold-Made Female Figurine

100 · Ceramic and pigment

7.1 × 3.2 cm (2 13/16 × 1 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Mold-Made Female Figurine Wrapped in Cloth and Tied with String

100 · Ceramic, cloth and string and pigment

Figurine only: 4.8 × 1.2 cm (1 7/8 × 23 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Mold-Made Female Figurine

100 · Ceramic and pigment

4.9 × 2.3 cm (1 15/16 × 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Mold-Made Blackware Pendant with Rounded Headdress

100 · Ceramic and pigment

4.5 × 2.5 cm (1 3/4 × 1 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Mold-Made Female Figurine

100 · Ceramic and pigment

5.4 × 2.5 cm (2 1/8 × 1 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Mold for Face of Figurine

100 · Ceramic

H.: 3.8 cm (1 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Mold for Male Figurine wearing Jewelry and Lobed Headdress

100 · Ceramic

8.3 × 4.5 cm (3 1/4 × 1 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Mold-Made Figurine Wrapped in Wool String

100 · Ceramic and wool with pigment

3.8 × 2.3 cm (1 1/2 × 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Mold-Made Female Figurine with Pierced Holes in Head and Shoulders

100 · Ceramic and pigment

5.6 × 2.9 cm (2 3/16 × 1 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Nose Ornament

100 · Silver and gold

12.1 × 21 × 2.5 cm (4 3/4 × 8 1/4 × 1 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Stirrup Spout Vessel with Geometric Motifs

-100 · Ceramic and pigment

23.9 × 12.4 cm (9 3/8 × 4 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Vessel in the Form of a Deer Impersonator

-100 · Ceramic and pigment

27 × 21.3 cm (10 5/8 × 8 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago