id: 124800
accession number: 1946.279
share license status: CC0
url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1946.279
updated: 2023-01-10 22:32:34.491000
Vessel with Abstract Heads, 100 BC–AD 700. Peru, South Coast, Nasca style (100 BC-AD 700). 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
title: Vessel with Abstract Heads
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creation date: 100 BC–AD 700
creation date earliest: -100
creation date latest: 700
current location: 232 Andean
creditline: James Albert Ford Memorial Fund
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culture: Peru, South Coast, Nasca style (100 BC-AD 700)
technique: earthenware with colored slips
department: Art of the Americas
collection: AA - Andes
type: Ceramic
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measurements: Overall: 10.4 x 14 cm (4 1/8 x 5 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art; November 9, 1945- January 6, 1946. "Art of the Americas."
Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art; February 23-April 3, 1966. "Treasures of Peruvian Gold."
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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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IMAGES
web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1946.279/1946.279_web.jpg
print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1946.279/1946.279_print.jpg
full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1946.279/1946.279_full.tif