Vase depicting head of a person with an illness or malformation. Peru, Moche civilization, 400-700 AD [1590×2460]
by MunakataSennin
Vase depicting head of a person with an illness or malformation. Peru, Moche civilization, 400-700 AD [1590×2460]
by MunakataSennin
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[Museum](https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/E_Am1909-1218-35). Vessel with a human head modelled in the neck of the vessel. The fact that the face shows wrinkles, a left eye shut and the mouth leaned to one side suggest that the person represented suffers from an illness or some kind a malformation. The body of the vessel is decorated with pointed triangles facing down in red on cream background and “S” motifs is cream on a red background.
I’m saying this as an archaeologist. It looks more like a grimace or the face I make when closing one eye to shoot than a malformation or illness.
Since we are guessing, here’s mine:
“Vase depicting a man stuck in a vase.”
That’s my “squeezing out a dry turd” face.
Umpire calling balls and strikes.
Popeye the Flower Arrangement Man!
The ancestor of the pot of greed.
Was that vase found on a boat with spinach residue inside? ⚓️ I yam what I yam
Moche pottery is always so much fun to look at, I’m always really excited when I’m at a museum that has some (even if it’s carefully curated to be SFW). The expressiveness on this one is something I haven’t seen before.
Looks like a healthy person making a grimace from sour taste or something
That is clearly a man lifting his left leg to fart
A stroke of genius.
Seizure? Typical reaction to the contents of the bottle?
As someone who JUST got over Bell’s Palsy… My face def looked like that when I tried to smile.
Looks like someone who’s had a stroke to me
I’m a time traveler, and this is actually my buddy Illapaq who would always grimace like that when about to launch the most explosive fart you’ve ever heard.
Illapaq, by the way, means “Of the thunder.”
stepped on a Lego at midnight on the way to the toilet while baby is sleeping
It’s Popeye the sailor Peruvian
Who decides on these descriptions.
Now we need another 3 pictures to make a who’s getting the best head meme with archeology.
Or he’s just a big flirt.
Any other pictures becuase this is giving AI vibes