Moche Erotic Ritual Funerary Vessel

This Moche artwork (1–800 AD) depicts a skeletal man, symbolizing the underworld, being masturbated by a woman. The scene is set in the realm of the dead, marked by a stepped symbol and ceremonial vessels indicating funerary offerings. A canchero , a ceremonial vessel, is painted nearby, likely used in propitiation rituals. The vessel’s design symbolizes the woman’s role as a receiver, with its opening representing her vagina, reflecting ritualistic and symbolic fertility themes.