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Collections

Head Cup200-600 CE

Not on view
Ceramic vessel with a rounded body painted to depict a stylized human face, decorated with geometric bands and terracotta, brown, and burgundy slip

Unknown, Ica Bowl, 1300–1438 CE, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Phil Berg Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Head Cup
Culture
Nasca
Place Made
Peru, South Coast
Date Made
200-600 CE
Medium
Ceramic
Dimensions
Height: 6 in. (15.24 cm)
Credit Line
The Phil Berg Collection
Accession Number
M.71.73.234
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas
Selected Bibliography
  • Berg, Phil. Man Came This Way: Objects from the Phil Berg Collection. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1971.