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Description

Thin-walled circular bowl with a rounded bottom in reddish clay with slip painting in white, red and black. The bowl has a flat round base, flaring outward and is finished with a high, vertical gambrel-like edge. The design is confined to the outer surface, uniformly painted white and decorated in a wide band around the top in eyebrow shapes, separated by vertical lines.

History Of Use

The open simple decorative design possibly reflects a traditional motif representing perhaps an agricultural product such as a bean or seed pod. The Nazca were an agricultural people inhabiting the river valleys of south-central Peru before the Inca Empire.

Item History

  • Made in Peru between 100 and 400
  • Collected during 1966
  • Owned by Joyce Short before June 30, 1976
  • Received from Joyce Short (Donor) on June 30, 1976

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