Pottery dish with a band of humming birds for decoration

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Object Number 36-45-30/1347

Display Title Pottery dish with a band of humming birds for decoration

Descriptions

Inventory Description Ceramic bowl, plain interior, polychrome exterior design, rounded base

Classification

Bowl

Department Archaeological

Culture

Nasca A

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

South America / Peru / Ica Region / Nazca Province / Nazca

Materials Ceramic

Dimensions Overall: 6.4 x 13 cm (2 1/2 x 5 1/8 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 36-45-30/1347

Provenance

Collector Dr. Julio C. Tello

Owner Dr. Roland Burrage Dixon

Donor Donated by Dr. Alfred M. Tozzer (04/20/1936)

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