Bowl Depicting Fish, Sharks, or Whales

Creator Name

Nazca South coast, Peru;
Nasca

Cultural Context

Date

Source

Art Institute of Chicago

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Title

Bowl Depicting Fish, Sharks, or Whales

Creator

Nazca South coast, Peru;
Nasca

Worktype

Vessel; bowl; earthenware; ceramics; vessel; art of the americas

Cultural Context

Material

Ceramic and pigment; ceramic; inorganic material

Dimensions

7.3 × 16.2 cm (2 7/8 × 6 3/8 in.)

Technique

Language

Date

Made: 180 BCE–500 CE

Provenance

S. B. Williams Fund and Edward E. Ayer Endowment in memory of Charles L. Hutchinson; Alan R. Sawyer, Park Forest, Ill., by 1956; sold to the Art Institute, 1956.

Style Period

nazca; early intermediate period; Pre-Columbian; americas; Arts of the Americas; andean; andes

Rights

Public Domain

Inscription

Location

Nazca Valley

Source

Art Institute of Chicago

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