Art History Animalia<p><a href="https://historians.social/tags/FishFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FishFriday</span></a> 🐟:<br>“Ceramic bottles modeled and painted in the form of <a href="https://historians.social/tags/parrotfish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>parrotfish</span></a>. Moche style, Peru.” [Moche culture c.100-800CE]<br>On display at @ AMNH NYC [B/3663, 41.2/7779]<br>🆔 The 2nd vessel with the bump on the head likely represents the appropriately named Bumphead Parrotfish (Scarus perrico)!<br><a href="https://historians.social/tags/IndigenousArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousArt</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/AndeanArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AndeanArt</span></a></p>