Nasca
Bowl with corn blossom motif
Nasca, 200-350
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Nasca
Bowl with corn blossom motif
Nasca, 200-350
Physical Qualities
Earthenware, polychrome, 2 15/16 × 7 1/16 in. (7.5 × 18 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Jamosil Foundation, Alexandria, Virginia
Object Number
1989.186
Straight sided bowl, polychrome painted with repeated pattern of geometricized corn blossoms (inverted). Three dots located in the center or head of the blossom give it a face or head -- animate it. Each blossom is separated by a thin vertical line. early Nasca (ca. AD 300)
