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Object Number 16-41-30/A2665
Display Title Bowl painted in polychrome with three speckled birds and other small animals
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ceramic jar, globular, polychrome painted bird designs, sherds missing from rim
Classification
  • Jar
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Middle Transitional Phase 5
  • Nasca
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru
Additional Geographic Terms Chavins Neari Valley
Materials Ceramic
Dimensions Overall: 9 x 12.5 cm (3 9/16 x 4 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object A2665
Provenance
Collector Dr. Julio C. Tello
Donor Donated by Dr. Julio C. Tello (1916)

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