Bowl with anthropomorphic birds
Bowl with anthropomorphic birds
Bowl with anthropomorphic birds
Bowl with anthropomorphic birds

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Art of the Ancient Americas

Bowl with anthropomorphic birds,

330–430 CE

Nasca
Early Intermediate Period (Middle Nasca phase)
1995-325

Information

Title
Bowl with anthropomorphic birds
Dates

330–430 CE

Medium
Ceramic with polychrome slip
Dimensions
h. 8.7, diam. 17.8 cm (3 7/16 × 7 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mitchell and Loretta Chipin
Object Number
1995-325
Place Made

South America, Peru, South coast

Culture
Nazca
Period
Early Intermediate period
Type
bowls (vessels), ceramics
Materials
polychrome, slip, ceramic
Subject
anthropomorphic, birds

Gift of Mitchell and Loretta Chipin to the Princeton University Art Museum, 1995.

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