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Nasca

Figurative Bottle

Nasca, 2001-600

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Nasca

Figurative Bottle

Nasca, 2001-600

Physical Qualities Ceramic, 6 3/16 x 4 1/8 x 4 1/8 in. (15.7 x 10.4 x 10.5 cm.)
Credit Line Bequest of Alan Wurtzburger
Object Number 1960.30.94
Modeled polychrome vessel body depicts standing dignitary with arms at sides. Crescent headdress obscures spout, bears human face. Dignitary wears outlined bib w/disembodied heads, pinafore-like skirt.
Wurtzburger Traveling

Arte Latinoamericano / Latin American Art
"The Wurtzburger Collection Pre-Columbian Art," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1958, fig. 94.
"Myths of Ancient Peru," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1969, cat. no. 59.

Culture

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