This piece is probably the most famous one in the museum for being a high-quality “huaco retrato”, that is very realistic and internationally known as the typical Moche piece. There have been lots of articles published that mention it and it had been exported in the international exhibitions of many world leading museums.
It is a “huaco retrato”, a portrait made of ceramic with a stirrup handle, of a Moche ruler.
It was made during the 4th Moche phase (600dc), according to the chronology made by Rafael Larco Hoyle in 1948.
We don´t know the exact archaeological context it was found in. Nontheless, thanks to the various archaeological discoveries in the North Coast, in the past 20years, it is very probable that it belonged to the tomb of a member of the Moche elite. It might come from the Moche Valle, in the Southern Moche region.
Rafael Larco Hoyle received this piece from his father. His father, Rafael Larco Herrera had given all his collection to the Museo del Prado in Madrid; and this ceramic was the only one he kept. It became the basis of his new collection and he later gave it to his son, giving him the will to follow his father’s passion; this is how the incredible adventure of the present collection of the Museo Larco began.
The ruler is wearing a material turban on which there is a headdress decorated by a two-headed bird with feathers on the side. Archaeologists actually have found this type of headdress, made of reed, in the tomb of the warrior priest god in the Huaca de la Cruz, an archaeological site situated in the Virú Valley, 40km South Trujillo, explored by Strong and Evans in 1940.
He also wears tubular earrings that you can find in the Gold section of the Museo Larco.
This piece is unique, because of its realistic aspect and the history it carries.
It is a “huaco retrato”, a portrait made of ceramic with a stirrup handle, of a Moche ruler.
It was made during the 4th Moche phase (600dc), according to the chronology made by Rafael Larco Hoyle in 1948.
We don´t know the exact archaeological context it was found in. Nontheless, thanks to the various archaeological discoveries in the North Coast, in the past 20years, it is very probable that it belonged to the tomb of a member of the Moche elite. It might come from the Moche Valle, in the Southern Moche region.
Rafael Larco Hoyle received this piece from his father. His father, Rafael Larco Herrera had given all his collection to the Museo del Prado in Madrid; and this ceramic was the only one he kept. It became the basis of his new collection and he later gave it to his son, giving him the will to follow his father’s passion; this is how the incredible adventure of the present collection of the Museo Larco began.
The ruler is wearing a material turban on which there is a headdress decorated by a two-headed bird with feathers on the side. Archaeologists actually have found this type of headdress, made of reed, in the tomb of the warrior priest god in the Huaca de la Cruz, an archaeological site situated in the Virú Valley, 40km South Trujillo, explored by Strong and Evans in 1940.
He also wears tubular earrings that you can find in the Gold section of the Museo Larco.
This piece is unique, because of its realistic aspect and the history it carries.
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