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Miniature Jar with Three Heads200–300 CE

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Small ceramic effigy vessel with a pear-shaped body, painted with a human face in terra-cotta red, cream, and dark burgundy-brown, with step-fret geometric patterns on the neck
Title
Miniature Jar with Three Heads
Culture
Nasca
Place Made
Peru
Date Made
200–300 CE
Period
Middle Period
Medium
Ceramic, hand built, slip painted, burnished and fired
Dimensions
3 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. (8.89 x 6.35 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Nasli M. Heeramaneck
Accession Number
M.73.48.20
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas