DepartmentLatin America
Jar
NameJar
CultureNazca
Dimensions5 1/2 × 6 5/16 × 6 5/16 in. (14 × 16 × 16 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Mrs. Eloisa Brown Jones, A.1972.15.9
Object numberA.1972.15.9
DescriptionConvex bottom, flattened globular body, constricted neck, which is painted plain brown exterior, polished red interior. Body divided into two panels, brown, red and buff on white ground, each of a multi-pronged monster with long tongue.
200 BCE-600CE
200 BCE-600 CE
ca. 1500 (probably)
late 17th or early 18th c.
mid 20th-late 20th Century
1987
Early 20th Century