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Bowl with Costumed Being
100 BC-700
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
Supernatural figures like the one on this bowl are shown wearing ornaments that actually exist-like the nearby Mouth Mask-they may represent humans clothed as deities who served as living cult images during rituals. The figure holds a severed head that probably alludes to capture of an enemy’s life force, since severed heads and fertility are linked in Nasca art.
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- Title: Bowl with Costumed Being
- Date Created: 100 BC-700
- Physical Dimensions: Diameter: 12.8 x 17.7 cm (5 1/16 x 6 15/16 in.); Overall: 13 cm (5 1/8 in.)
- Type: Ceramic
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1949.561
- Medium: earthenware with colored slips
- Department: Art of the Americas
- Culture: Peru, South Coast, Nasca style (100 BC-AD 700)
- Credit Line: Gift of John Wise
- Collection: AA - Andes
- Accession Number: 1949.561
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