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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Nasca
Title:Vessel with anthropomorphic being
Date Made:325-440 CE
Type:Container; Ceramic
Materials:Earthenware with polychrome pigments
Place Made:South America; Peru
Measurements:Overall: 5 5/8 in x 5 1/2 in x 5 1/2 in x 17 1/2 in; 14.3 cm x 14 cm x 14 cm x 44.4 cm
Accession Number:  MH 2009.14.2
Credit Line:Gift of Sarah A. Nunneley (Class of 1963)
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Bulbous cylindrical vessel with wrap-around paintings of flying anthropomorphic being.

Tags:
ancient; archaeology; religion; indigenous people

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https://museums.fivecolleges.edu/detail.php?t=objects&type=ext&id_number=MH+2009.14.2

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