- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Pottery vase with painted and modelled human figure. [MJD 23/01/2015]
- Long description
- Pottery vase with painted and modelled human figure. The exterior of the vase is polished. The interior is plain and unpolished. There is a repeated painted circle and dot design on the back and sides. The ceramic is fine grained and mid orange coloured. The base is slightly convex and the sides are straight. The rim is flares out. The bottom is plain and polished. [MJD 23/01/2015]
- Geographical reference
- Ica Region Nazca Province
- Date / Period
- Archaeological period: Nasca
- Date collected
- By 1952
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1952
- Materials and processes
- Material Pigment, Material Pottery, Process Modelled, Process Painted, Process Polished
- Dimensions
- Diameter: max 125 mm, Height: max 180 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1952.7.27
- Research and responses
Information from E. de Bock from the Rijsmuseum voor Volkenkunde, Leiden: This vase might have been repainted/overpainted at some stage. [JN 18/9/2001]
1952.7.27
Pottery vase with painted and modelled human figure. [MJD 23/01/2015]
1952.7.27
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