Interior decorated bowl with rounded base. Painted design of an abstract proliferous deity head with snakes on white, grey, brown-red and brown-orange. Serrated border at rim in black on red-brown and orange-brown paint, diagonal brown-red and black lines on exterior. Six ancient repair holes in base and sides. Burnished surface; molded manufacture technique. Broken and repaired.

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• Type of Item bowl
• Culture Nasca
• Material clay, adhesive, paint
• Measurements height 5.1 cm, diameter 14.7 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 Nasca

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• Creation Date between 101 BCE and 800
• 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 2990/0161