Cup Bowl

1952.04.0006

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Artifact Identification Cup Bowl   (1952.04.0006)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Materials T&E
  2. :
  3. Food Service T&E
  4. :
  5. Drinking Vessels
Artist/Maker Unknown
Geographic Location
Period Early Intermediate
Date 200– 400 CE
Culture Nasca

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Diameter) 13.3 cm
Dimension 2 (Height) 10.0 cm
Dimension 3 (Depth) 0.4 cm
Weight 230 g
Measuring Remarks Under Review
Materials Ceramic,
Manufacturing Processes Handbuilding, Firing, Painting

Research Remarks

Description

Nasca polychrome ceramics and embroidered textiles depict the costumed performers and dieties of a richly symbolic religious system based upon relations between the ritual taking of trophy heads and the agricultural fertility of the desert river valleys.

Published Description Under Review
Bibliography Under Review

Artifact History

Credit Line/Dedication Gift of Stanley I. Grand
Reproduction No

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