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Ancient Americas: The Moche

The Ancients

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Moche Pots - The Art of Moche Pottery

Moche pots are distinctive because they were usually made with a red colored earth, o brown coloured earth. The stirrup spout shape is almost certainly an expression of a deep, fundamental indian concept of dualism. And on the pots are these model figures of deities and warriors - which has fascinated everyone from ephraim george squire down to today.

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