Stirrup-spout Bottle

200-500 CE

7.9 cm 9.5 cm

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This bottle shows the fearsome face of a deity associated with kingship and human sacrifice. He sports a forehead ornament and a mouth mask with horizontal flaps. Actual examples of this jewelry, made of gold, have been found in graves. The Nasca alloyed gold with reddish copp...

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Purchased by John G. Bourne (from unnamed dealer in New York); given to Walters Art Museum, 2013.
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en
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Terms

संस्कृति
Nazca
माध्यम
earthenware, slip paint

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