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Nazca - Effigy Vessel of a Seated Figure with Long Tunic - Walters 482831 - Three Quarter
Nazca - Effigy Vessel of a Seated Figure with Long Tunic - Walters 482831
Nazca - Happy Fisherman Vessel - Walters 482865 - Profile

Nazca - Happy Fisherman Vessel - Walters 482865 - Profile

The Nazca culture of the southern coast of Peru produced many bright textiles and polychrome ceramics. They are best known for their huge land drawings, called geoglyphs, which can be seen properly only from th... More

Nazca - Lobster Effigy Vessel - Walters 20092055 - Side A

Nazca - Lobster Effigy Vessel - Walters 20092055 - Side A

The coast of Peru is bathed in the Humboldt Current, which sweeps cold water from the Antarctic along the South American coast and northwards to Mexico and the Pacific Northwest. Rich in plankton and other mari... More

Nazca - Lobster Effigy Vessel - Walters 20092055 - Three Quarter

Nazca - Lobster Effigy Vessel - Walters 20092055 - Three Quarter

The coast of Peru is bathed in the Humboldt Current, which sweeps cold water from the Antarctic along the South American coast and northwards to Mexico and the Pacific Northwest. Rich in plankton and other mari... More

Nazca - Lobster Effigy Vessel - Walters 20092055

Nazca - Lobster Effigy Vessel - Walters 20092055

The coast of Peru is bathed in the Humboldt Current, which sweeps cold water from the Antarctic along the South American coast and northwards to Mexico and the Pacific Northwest. Rich in plankton and other mari... More

Single-spout vessel in form of seated figure, Nazca culture, Honolulu Museum of Art, 8850.1

Single-spout vessel in form of seated figure, Nazca culture, Honolulu ...

Single-spout vessel in form of seated figure, Nazca culture, Peru, c. 1st - 6th century, mold-made and painted ceramic, Honolulu Museum of Art, accession 8850.1

Vessel in the form of a fisherman, Nasca, Ica Valley, Peru, c. 1-750 AD, ceramic - Fitchburg Art Museum - DSC08775

Vessel in the form of a fisherman, Nasca, Ica Valley, Peru, c. 1-750 A...

Exhibit in the Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, Massachusetts, USA. This artwork is old enough so that it is in the public domain. Photography was permitted in the museum without restriction.

Image from page 205 of "Bulletin" (1901) (cropped)

Image from page 205 of "Bulletin" (1901) (cropped)

Title: Bulletin Identifier: bulletin117smit Year: 1901 (1900s) Authors: Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology Subjects: Ethnology Publisher: Washington : G. P. O. Contributing Library: Smithson... More

Effigy jar, Early Nasca style, Peru, 100 BC to 600 AD, ceramic - Fowler Museum - University of California, Los Angeles - DSC02377

Effigy jar, Early Nasca style, Peru, 100 BC to 600 AD, ceramic - Fowle...

Exhibit in the Fowler Museum - University of California, Los Angeles - Los Angeles, California, USA.

Nasca Figurine LACMA M.71.73.245

Nasca Figurine LACMA M.71.73.245

Peru, South Coast, Nasca, A.D. 400-1000 Sculpture Ceramic The Phil Berg Collection (M.71.73.245) Art of the Ancient Americas

Anthropomorphic Jar LACMA M.73.48.11

Anthropomorphic Jar LACMA M.73.48.11

Peru, South Coast, Nasca, 100 B.C. - A.D. 600 Furnishings; Serviceware Ceramic, hand built, slip decorated, burnished, fired 3 3/4 x 3 3/4 in. (9.52 x 9.53 cm) Gift of Nasli M. Heeramaneck (M.73.48.11) Art of... More

Miniature Jar with Three Heads LACMA M.73.48.20

Miniature Jar with Three Heads LACMA M.73.48.20

Peru, Middle Nasca, A.D. 200-300 Furnishings; Serviceware Ceramic, hand built, slip painted, burnished and fired 3 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. (8.89 x 6.35 cm) Gift of Nasli M. Heeramaneck (M.73.48.20) Art of the Ancient Americas

Anthropomorphic Vessel LACMA M.73.48.23

Anthropomorphic Vessel LACMA M.73.48.23

Peru, South Coast, Nasca, 100 B.C. - A.D. 600 Furnishings; Serviceware Polychrome Ceramic Gift of Nasli M. Heeramaneck (M.73.48.23) Art of the Ancient Americas

Spouted Vessel of Female Figure with Child LACMA M.73.48.49

Spouted Vessel of Female Figure with Child LACMA M.73.48.49

Peru, South Coast, Nasca, 100 B.C. - A.D. 600 Furnishings; Serviceware Polychrome ceramic 4 x 2 3/4 in. (10.16 x 6.99 cm) Gift of Nasli M. Heeramaneck (M.73.48.49) Art of the Ancient Americas