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Source Description
The Paracas often decorated their ceramics with geometricized representations of the native Pampas cat, a small, reclusive, wild feline that lives on the margins of agricultural fields, where it preys on the rodents and other pests that are a farmer’s bane. Thus, the ancients seem to have linked it to nature’s fertility and, by extension, human prosperity and continuity.
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441847
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Square Bowl with Pampas Cats
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441847
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object
title
Square Bowl with Pampas Cats
description
The Paracas often decorated their ceramics with geometricized representations of the native Pampas cat, a small, reclusive, wild feline that lives on the margins of agricultural fields, where it preys on the rodents and other pests that are a farmer’s bane. Thus, the ancients seem to have linked it to nature’s fertility and, by extension, human prosperity and continuity.
date
500–400 BCE
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
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Q117246864
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Ceramic
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1
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Overall: 9 x 18 x 17.5 cm (3 9/16 x 7 1/16 x 6 7/8 in.)
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Central Andes, South Coast, Paracas
accession
2021.13
Source extras
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Ceramic, post-fire paint
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Square Bowl with Pampas Cats, 500–400 BCE. Central Andes, South Coast, Paracas. Ceramic, post-fire paint; overall: 9 x 18 x 17.5 cm (3 9/16 x 7 1/16 x 6 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 2021.130
collection
AA - Andes
didYouKnow
The animal shown on this bowl is the Pampas cat, a small, wild feline.
creditline
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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2026-05-29 09:01:08.326000
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441847
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Art of the Americas
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AA - Andes
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Ceramic, post-fire paint
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1
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0
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photo
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