by Object Type (3)
unknown Nasca
Primary
Bowl with Geometric Step Design
100 BCE - 750 CE
Clay
2 3/16 in. x 4 1/8 in. x 4 1/8 in. (5.5 cm x 10.5 cm x 10.5 cm)
Bryn Mawr College
Accession Number:
69.1.277
Other Number(s):
E82 (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:
- 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.
- step pattern - A pattern in which a series of small right angles produces a steplike edge, usually proceeding a few steps up and then down again.
- vessels - Containers designed to serve as receptacles for a liquid or other substance, usually those of circular section and made of some durable material; especially containers of this nature in domestic use, employed in connection with the preparation or serving of food or drink, and usually of a size suitable for carrying by hand.
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Comparanda List
The following Comparanda exist for this object:
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"Art Institute Chicago: Online Collections."
(Accessed August 4, 2020):
https://www.artic.edu/collection.
Accession No.: 1955.1901.
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"Florida State University Musem of Fine Arts: Collections."
(Accessed August 14, 2020):
Florida State University of Fine Arts,
https://mofa.fsu.edu/learning-resources/collections/.
Accession No.: 1003.
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), 179-181. Figure Number: 5.274
- George B. Martin-Vegue, "Nazca Pottery at Florida State University." American Journal of Archaeology 53, no. 4 (October 1949 - December 1949): 345-354.
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