Beaker Depicting Rows of Figures with Weapons and Band of Human Faces

Creator Name

Nazca South coast, Peru;
Nasca

Cultural Context

Date

180 BCE–500 CE

Source

Art Institute of Chicago

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Title

Beaker Depicting Rows of Figures with Weapons and Band of Human Faces

Creator

Nazca South coast, Peru;
Nasca

Worktype

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

Cultural Context

Material

Ceramic and pigment; ceramic; inorganic material

Dimensions

H.: 17.5 cm (6 7/8 in.)

Technique

Language

Date

180 BCE–500 CE

Provenance

Gift of Nathan Cummings; B. J. Wassermann (Bruno John), Buenos Aires, by 1938 [possibly acquired by descent from unnamed grandmother, Argentina, according to personal statement in Ceramics del Antiguo Peru de la Collection Wassermann-San Blas, 1938]; sold to Nathan Cummings (1896–1985), Chicago, 1954; given to the Art Institute, 1957.

Style Period

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

Rights

Public Domain

Inscription

Location

Peruvian South Coast

Source

Art Institute of Chicago

Subjects

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