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Sun bursts

Repeating birds

Repeating seed design

This bowl comes from the Nasca culture of Peru, which was around during the early intermediate period. More specifically, this bowl is thought to have been made somewhere between 200-600CE. The bowl has two main patterns. About ⅔ of the bowl,…

The Early Nasca ceramic bowl is earthenware and moderately porous, giving the bowl a flat finish. The bowl is a low-lying vessel and has a wide circular opening. The base is moderately curved and not quite flat. The walls make up the majority of the…

Anthropomorphic masked being

This object is a naturalistic, mineral-based polychrome vessel from the Early Nasca period (200-400 CE), falling under the larger Early Intermediate Period (200-600 CE). The wide-mouthed ceramic bowl stands approximately six inches tall and could…