Female connections

Room 3, Vitrine 08

• Pottery bottles showing a woman in two positions often depicted in sexual scenes. In one of these, the woman is shown lying face down on her stomach, her legs bent, as in other scenes depicting anal penetration. The vessel’s handle connects the woman’s head with her coccyx, parts of the body not associated with procreation.
• In the other bottle, the woman is lying on her back, with her legs open and raised, as in other scenes depicting vaginal sex. The handle connects the woman’s heart and vagina, organs directly associated with blood flow and procreation, thereby creating a circuit through which liquid and air could flow through this ceremonial object.
• Moche culture, Florescent Epoch (1 AD – 800 AD), ML004206, ML004240.

ML004206

ML004206