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Nasca and Wari

Cylinder vase with geometric motifs

Nasca-Wari, 600

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Cylinder vase with geometric motifs

Nasca-Wari, 600

Physical Qualities Earthenware, polychrome, 8 11/16 × 3 15/16 in. (22 × 10 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of the Jamosil Foundation, Alexandria, Virginia
Object Number 1989.177
Tall slender vase with slightly outflaring rim. Three design fields: upper register, orange and red step frets against white background; middle register shows chevrons in red, orange, olive green and white, sandwiched on the top and bottom by a row of large dots in red and white against a dark brown background. The lower register shows red, orange, brown, and cream colored disembodied heads on a white painted surface. The vessel interior has been slipped in pale orange.

Culture

Nasca

2000–2000

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Culture

Wari

2000–2000

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