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Head-shaped Cup

Location

PERU, SOUTH COAST, possibly PALPA VALLEY

Era

250 B.C.E.-700 C.E.

Culture

Nasca

Title

Head-shaped Cup

Date

300-600 C.E.

Materials

Earthenware, slip, polychrome painted decoration

Dimensions

14.5 cm (h.), 11.1 cm (diam.)

Credits

Purchase, gift of F. Cleveland Morgan, inv. 1946.Dp.8

Collection

Archeology and World Cultures

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