Fisherman Vessel

200 BCE-600 CE

15.1 cm 18 cm 19.1 cm

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Fishermen in the ancient Americas wore distinctive headgear—a turban with a pointed knot at the front, as seen here. The style of this headgear seems to have been functional: similar to a fish’s fin, the protuberance at the front helped fishermen to dive and swim through the w...

Artifact

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33518
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Dr. Uldarico Rocca, Lima, Peru; given to Dr. Ernst Niedermeyer, Baltimore, July 1978; given to Walters Art Museum, 2009.
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en
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37
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