Plate Depicting a Pair of Sharks on its Interior

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Arts of the Americas

Culture

Nazca

Title

Plate Depicting a Pair of Sharks on its Interior

Origin

Nazca Valley

Date

Made 180 BCE–500 CE

Medium

Ceramic and pigment

Dimensions

4.5 × 16.5 cm (1 3/4 × 6 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

S. B. Williams Fund and Edward E. Ayer Endowment in memory of Charles L. Hutchinson

Reference Number

1956.1169b

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