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Bottle with composite feline and disembodied heads

Nasca, 2000-600

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Nasca

Bottle with composite feline and disembodied heads

Nasca

Bottle with composite feline and disembodied heads

Nasca, 2000-600

Physical Qualities Earthenware, polychrome, 6 5/16 × 7 1/16 in. (16 × 18 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Lena Picker
Object Number 1969.12.1
Polychrome globular bottle with short spout. Shows masked feline with wings extending tongue into the mouth of an upturned, disembodied head. Disembodied head with extended tresses also marks spout area.
"Myths of Ancient Peru," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1969, cat. no. 48.

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2000–2000

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