Male figure wearing striped tunic
Male figure wearing striped tunic
Male figure wearing striped tunic
Male figure wearing striped tunic
Male figure wearing striped tunic
Male figure wearing striped tunic
Male figure wearing striped tunic
Male figure wearing striped tunic
Male figure wearing striped tunic
Male figure wearing striped tunic

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Art of the Ancient Americas

Male figure wearing striped tunic,

330–430 CE

Nasca
Early Intermediate Period (Middle Nasca phase)
2015-13

Information

Title
Male figure wearing striped tunic
Dates

330–430 CE

Medium
Ceramic with polychrome slip
Dimensions
22.2 × 9 × 5.5 cm (8 3/4 × 3 9/16 × 2 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Mary Trumbull Adams Art Fund
Object Number
2015-13
Place Made

South America, Peru, South coast

Culture
Nazca
Period
Early Intermediate period
Type
figurines, ceramics, polychrome
Materials
polychrome, slip, ceramic
Subject
warriors, men, stripes, tunics, figures (representations), falcons

[Arts of the Four Quarters, Ltd., Alan Lapiner, New York, in 1968]; Benno Mattel collection, Buenos Aires, Argentina, then Uruguay; [David Bernstein Fine Art, New York, NY]; Dr. Daniel Rifkin, NY; purchased by the Princeton University Art Museum, 2015.

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