Bowl Decorated with Horrible Birds, Trophy Heads, and Serpents

Unidentified Nasca (Nazca) maker

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Middle Nasca, 400-500

Terracotta with white, tan, gray orange, red and black slip

Overall: 3 1/8 × 3 7/8 in. (7.9 × 9.9 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Frederick E. and Constance M. Landmann

987.48.26889

Geography

Place Made: Central Nasca Region, Peru, South America

Period

1-500

Object Name

Pottery

Research Area

Americas

Not on view

Course History

ANTH 24, Early Civilizations of the Andes, Alan Covey, Winter 2013

ANTH 24, Early Civilizations of the Andes, Alan Covey, Spring 2014

ANTH 24, Early Civilizations of the Andes, Alan Covey, Spring 2014

ANTH 24, Early Civilizations of the Andes, Alan Covey, Spring 2014

Exhibition History

Gene Y. Kim, Class of 1985, Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, February 18, 2005-January 21, 2008.

Oculate Beings and Horrible Birds: Image and Meaning in Ancient Andean Art, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, March 30, 1999-November 5, 2000, no. 24.

Provenance

Collected by Frederick E. (1907-2003) and Constance M. (1912-2011) Landmann, Hanover, New Hampshire; given to present, 1987.

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