Polychrome effigy bottle
- Title:
- Polychrome effigy bottle
- Collection:
- Selections from the Cornell Anthropology Collections
- Donor:
- Ernst Frank
- Date:
- 550-750 AD
- Site:
- Nazca, Ica, Peru
- Location:
- Nazca, Ica, Peru
- Country:
- Peru
- ID Number:
- Anthr1986_001_0023_01
- Old Catalog Number:
- 986.1.23
- File Name:
- Anthr1986_001_0023_01.jpg
- Culture:
- Late Nazca
- Style/Period:
- Nazca
Early Intermediate Period - Work Type:
- bottles
jugs (vessels)
head-vases - Materials/Techniques:
- ceramic (material)
paint - Subject:
- figures (representations)
faces
warriors
clothing - Measurement:
- 23 (centimeters, height)
- Description:
- Bottle or jug, with a single loop handle at the back opposite the partly modeled face. Cheeks are painted red and black lines radiate from the mouth. These probably represent a warrior's face paint. Figure is painted as wearing a red poncho or shirt with black & cream stripes at the rear. A necklace supports a pendant in front and ends in a fringe in the back. The handle joins the back of the head with the area between the shoulders. Spout with straight flared rims emerges from top of the head. This general composition is found in the Middle Horizon Pacheco & Robles Moqo style jars. Wari influence evident.
- Bibliography:
- Kauffmann Doig (1980) p. 444, fig 2
p. 446, Figs. 1 & 2 . - Archival Collection:
- Precolumbian Peruvian textiles and ceramics
- Format:
- Image
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