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An Examination of Four Moche Jars from the Same Mold

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Lee A. Parsons
Lee A. Parsons*
Affiliation:
Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwaukee, Wis.
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Abstract

Four north coast Peruvian stirrup-spout jars of the middle Moche period show every indication of having been cast from a single mold. Heretofore no more than two actual duplicates from one mold have been described for pre-Columbian north coast pottery. This mold-made product varies from cast to cast in spout form, hue, paint distribution, polish, general surface texture, quality of mold-impressed lines, diameter measurements, and sharpness of relief. A second series of four similar Moche jars which were not from the same mold indicates that duplicates cannot be posivitely identified without careful firsthand examination of the specimens.

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Research Article
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American Antiquity , Volume 27 , Issue 4 , April 1962 , pp. 515 - 519
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Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1962

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