Bowl with Costumed Being
100 BCE–700 CE
Diameter: 12.8 x 17.7 cm (5 1/16 x 6 15/16 in.); Overall: 13 cm (5 1/8 in.)
Source image
https://clevelandart.org/art/1949.561
Supernatural figures like the one on this bowl are shown wearing ornaments that actually exist-like the nearby Mouth Mask-they may represent humans clothed as deities who served as living cult images during rituals. The figure holds a severed head that probably alludes to capt...
Artifact
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127246
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citation
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en
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wikidata
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"Q60755061"
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import
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accession
1949.561
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Source image fields (4)
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Terms
Culture
Peru, South Coast, Nasca
Technique
earthenware with colored slips
Genre
Ceramic
Department
Art of the Americas
Relations
belongs_to