Effigy Vessel of a Seated Figure with Long Tunic
In the Andes, the shape of the head itself could signal a person's social status or ethnic identity. This figure, probably a woman, has an artificially shaped head. Many Nasca people molded their heads to create a shape that is elongated and flattened across the forehead. Moth...
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Sale, Sotheby's, New York, November 22 1993, lot 22; purchased by a private collection, November 22 1993; given to Walters Art Museum, 2009.
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| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.2831 |
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