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Vessel, covered with multiple small humming birds
Object Number 983-27-30/10990
Display Title Vessel, covered with multiple small humming birds
Descriptions
Object Description Vessel, Early Nazca (A style), bell-beaker form, with dark red interior and exterior basal slip. Exterior wall slip buff-white. Nintey-six hummingbirds in three rows, painted black, brown, blue-gray.
Inventory Description Ceramic bowl, flaring rim, polychrome bird motif, cracked
Classification
  • Bowl
Department Archaeological
Date 100 BCE-200 AD
Culture
  • Middle Nasca
  • Early Nasca
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru
Additional Geographic Terms Nazca Valley?; Ica Valleys?
Materials Ceramic
Dimensions Overall: 9 x 15 cm (3 9/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 983-27-30/10990 & 613 & M.N-/q.w. 4-

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