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Source Description
Late Nasca supernatural depictions became abstract, detailed, and focused on the head. In this vessel's central register, for instance, a deity is reduced to two mask-like faces, edged by volutes and linked by tongues; the only remains of a body are the hands. The lower register carries a similar image, and the upper register has severed human heads.
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Document identity
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124800
label
Vessel with Abstract Heads
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object
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1
Source metadata
id
124800
contentType
object
title
Vessel with Abstract Heads
description
Late Nasca supernatural depictions became abstract, detailed, and focused on the head. In this vessel's central register, for instance, a deity is reduced to two mask-like faces, edged by volutes and linked by tongues; the only remains of a body are the hands. The lower register carries a similar image, and the upper register has severed human heads.
date
100 BCE–700 CE
rights
CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60741321
genreSpecific
Ceramic
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 10.4 x 14 cm (4 1/8 x 5 1/2 in.)
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Peru, South Coast, Nasca
accession
1946.279
Source extras
tec
earthenware with colored slips
tombstone
Vessel with Abstract Heads, 100 BCE–700 CE. Peru, South Coast, Nasca. Earthenware with colored slips; overall: 10.4 x 14 cm (4 1/8 x 5 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, James Albert Ford Memorial Fund, 1946.279
collection
AA - Andes
creditline
James Albert Ford Memorial Fund
updatedAt
2026-05-29 06:26:21.222000
sourceId
124800
dept
Art of the Americas
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AA - Andes
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earthenware with colored slips
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1
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0
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photo
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