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Nasca

Strap and double spout vessel

Nasca, 2000

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Nasca

Strap and double spout vessel

Nasca, 2000

Physical Qualities Earthenware, polychrome, 7 11/16 × 4 5/8 × 6 in. (19.5 × 11.8 × 15.2 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Dr. George G. Graham, Alexander S. Graham, and Carol Lee Graham
Object Number 2003.198
Painted with a large stylized crustacean on each side: each with large, frontal face, holding a staff in the proper left hand; face flanked by vertical rows of five dotted circles on one side of vessel and six on the other side; a smaller face above each face; a row of three trophy heads above one tail and one trophy head above the other.

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