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1952.04.0007

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Basic Information

Artifact Identification Bowl   (1952.04.0007)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Materials T&E
  2. :
  3. Food Service T&E
  4. :
  5. Eating Vessels
Artist/Maker Unknown
Geographic Location
Period Early Intermediate
Date 200– 400 CE
Culture Nasca

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Diameter) 12.6 cm
Dimension 2 (Height) 6.4 cm
Dimension 3 (Depth) 0.4 cm
Weight 169 g
Measuring Remarks Under Review
Materials Ceramic, , Pigment
Manufacturing Processes Handbuilding, Firing, Painting

Research Remarks

Description

Nasca art also represented symbolically important animals. Migratory birds such as these cormorants announced the coming of the seasonal rains in the highlands, source of the all-important water, and thus their depictions had calendrical meaning.

Published Description Under Review
Bibliography

see 1952.04.0003

Artifact History

Credit Line/Dedication Gift of Stanley I. Grand
Reproduction N/A

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