About this artwork
This tall, wide-mouthed beaker is decorated with a variety of different geometric motifs, including stepped triangles, diagonal hatchering, triangles, and zig-zag patterns, arrayed in five tiers.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Arts of the Americas
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Culture
- Nasca
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Title
- Beaker with Geometric Textile Pattern
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Place
- Nazca Valley (Object made in)
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Date
- 180 BCE–500 CE
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Medium
- Ceramic and pigment
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Dimensions
- 22 × 11 cm (8 5/8 × 4 5/16 in.)
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Credit Line
- Kate S. Buckingham Endowment
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Reference Number
- 1955.2026
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IIIF Manifest
- https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/91304/manifest.json