Male body

Room 3, Vitrine 14

• Sculptural pottery bottles representing the erect penis. In one of these, we see an anthropomorphized penis holding its nose and entering the female body. In great detail, the Moche artist depicts the vulva and the woman’s pubic hair surrounding the penis and testicles.
• The male body’s function as the emitter of semen is also associated with power. Figures depicted with disproportionately large genitalia are also shown with symbols of hierarchical status, such as decorated attire and elite status throne-like seats.
• Vicús culture, Formative Epoch (1250 BC – 1 AD), ML004428, ML004432.
• Moche culture, Florescent Epoch (1 AD – 800 AD), ML004201, ML004207, ML004356.

ML004207

ML004207