by Object Type (3)
unknown Nasca
Primary
Bowl with Lima Bean Imagery
100 BCE - 750 CE
Clay
3 9/16 in. x 7 1/2 in. x 7 1/2 in. (9 cm x 19 cm x 19 cm)
Bryn Mawr College
Accession Number:
69.1.276
Other Number(s):
N91 or E12 (Canaday No.)
Geography:
South America, Peru
Classification:
Containers and Vessels; Vessels; Bowls
Culture/Nationality:
Nasca, Peruvian, South American
Collection:
Ward M. Canaday Collection
Keywords
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This object has the following keywords:
- bean - General term for any edible seed of various species in several genera of the family Fabaceae.
- bowls - Rounded, cuplike, hollow parts of objects, such as the body of a stemmed vessel or the part of a pipe in which tobacco is burned.
- bowls - Rounded vessels that are generally wider than they are high, usually hemispherical or nearly so. A bowl may have a spreading base or foot ring and sometimes two handles or a cover. Distinguished from a cup, which is rather deep than wide.
- Nasca
- Peruvian - Of or belonging to the nation of Peru or its people.
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Comparanda List
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"Princeton University Art Museum."
(Accessed August 5, 2020):
https://artmuseum.princeton.edu/search/collections.
Accession No.: 1997-95.
Related Bibliography List
The following Related Bibliography exist for this object:
- Donald A. Proulx, A Sourcebook of Nasca Ceramic Iconography (Iowa City, IA: University of Iowa Press, 2006), 4, 164. Figure Number: 5.230
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