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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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art; November 9, 1945- January 6, 1946. "Art of the Americas."<br><br>Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art; February 23-April 3, 1966.  "Treasures of Peruvian Gold."

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wall 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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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