unknown Nasca
Primary
Bowl with Bean Imagery
100 BCE - 750 CE
Clay
2 3/4 in. x 7 1/16 in. x 7 1/16 in. (7 cm x 18 cm x 18 cm)
Bryn Mawr College
Accession Number:
69.1.316
Other Number(s):
E.36 (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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