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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Nasca
Title:Vessel with birds
Date Made:325-440 CE
Type:Container
Materials:Red clay with black, white and yellow paint
Place Made:South America; Peru
Measurements:overall: 4 1/8 in x 5 1/8 in x 5 1/8 in; 10.4775 cm x 13.0175 cm x 13.0175 cm
Accession Number:  MH 2005.6.5
Credit Line:Gift of Susan Eisenhart Schilling (Class of 1932)
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Globular polychrome bowl with rim banded with black and white painted lines. Base painted with black and white quadrant design. Body features three tiers of birds with black bodies with white dots, white legs and feet, long necks and round white eyes and yellow beaks.

Tags:
ancient; archaeology; indigenous people

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