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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 576582, member: 2844"]I'd say it is a combination of Mochica and Chimú. The two cultures are Moche, but different time periods. </p><p>It has the Mochica (older Moche) shape in both the stirrup vessel and the realistic face, but it is black like Chimú (later Moche) ceramics.</p><p>He is playing a flute rather than an ocarina. Ocarinas are originally a Chinese invention, adapted by an Italian in the 19th century.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 576582, member: 2844"]I'd say it is a combination of Mochica and Chimú. The two cultures are Moche, but different time periods. It has the Mochica (older Moche) shape in both the stirrup vessel and the realistic face, but it is black like Chimú (later Moche) ceramics. He is playing a flute rather than an ocarina. Ocarinas are originally a Chinese invention, adapted by an Italian in the 19th century.;)[/QUOTE]
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