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Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc.

Culture: Nasca
Material: hammered gold
Holding Institution: Brooklyn Museum

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Gift of Ernest Erickson

Culture: Nasca
Holding Institution: Brooklyn Museum

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Ceramic vessel with double-spout and bridge handle and decorated with two classic Nasca figures with orange mouth masks, light brown protruding tongues, and light brown forehead ornaments on a white background,. The upper part of each face is deep red. Each figure clutches a club in proper right hand, and two trophy heads in the proper left. Multicolored peppers in horizontal and vertical arrangements fill portions of the space. Condition: good; the spout and bridge handle are chipped and have been repaired; some flaking of pigment in these areas and across surface; and the number "718" is painted on the bottom. Label from "Life, Death, Transformation" Exhibition, 2013: A common motif in Nasca art is the Anthropomorphic Mythical Being, or “masked god”, interpreted by scholars as a symbolic representation of the powerful spirits residing in nature. On this vessel the Mythical Being is associated with agricultural fertility, as indicated by the many multicolored peppers depicted on its body. The figure holds a club and peppers in one hand and two trophy heads in the other.

Culture: Nasca
Material: ceramic and pigment
Holding Institution: Brooklyn Museum

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Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc.

Culture: Nasca
Material: ceramic and polychrome slip
Holding Institution: Brooklyn Museum

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Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc.

Culture: Nasca
Material: ceramic and bichrome slip
Holding Institution: Brooklyn Museum

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Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc.

Culture: Nasca
Material: ceramic and bichrome slip
Holding Institution: Brooklyn Museum

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Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc.

Culture: Nasca
Material: ceramic and polychrome slip
Holding Institution: Brooklyn Museum

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Gift of Ernest Erickson

Culture: Nasca
Material: ceramic
Holding Institution: Brooklyn Museum

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Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc.

Culture: Nasca, Paracas Necropolis and Early Intermediate
Material: cotton and camelid fibre
Holding Institution: Brooklyn Museum

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Gift of Ernest Erickson

Culture: Nasca
Material: ceramic
Holding Institution: Brooklyn Museum

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