Polychrome effigy jar with burnished surface and mold-modeled manufacture. Seated figure wearing a light brown fox skin with dotted paws, necklace with squares in grey, orange-brown and cream, and dark red-brown arms and legs. Face has three diagonal black lines on both cheeks. Orange-brown body with black and cream accents. Breakage restored.

• Narrative

  Such figures were involved in harvest festival rituals.

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• Type of Item jar
• Culture Nasca
• Material clay, paint
• Measurements height 19.6 cm, width 12.8 cm, depth 14.2 cm (overall)

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• Previous Owner Alan R. Sawyer, Erika H. Sawyer
• Received from Erika H. Sawyer

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• Made in Ica

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• Creation Date between 101 BCE and 400
• Collection Date between 1950 and 1975
• Ownership Date before January 15, 2013
• Acquisition Date on January 15, 2013

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• Item Classes ceramics
• Condition fair
• Accession Number 2990/0478