1976.W.195 Flared bowl: mythical orca figure and interlocking fish (Peru, Nasca)


GENERAL DESCRIPTION

NOTES
Nasca, Early Intermediate Period, 430-530 C.E., updated by KJones in TMS on 10/16/13, 11/29/13, 02/26/16, and 01/10/17.

Catalogue essays

Artist/designers

Cultures
Nazca (Nasca): AAT: 300017290

Geography
Peru (nation): TGN: 1000056
Nazca: TGN: 7033105

Process/materials
ceramic (material): AAT: 300235507
clay: AAT: 300010439
slip (clay): AAT: 300010459
slip glaze: AAT: 300015110
paint (coating): AAT: 300015029
modeling (forming): AAT: 300053130
coiling (pottery technique): AAT: 300053903
firing (technique): AAT: 300053887

Historical periods
Early Intermediate period (Pre-Columbian Andean styles and periods): AAT: 300017280

Individuals

Subject terms
vessels (containers): AAT: 300193015
bowls (vessels): AAT: 300203596
serving dishes: AAT: 300198294
ritual vessels: AAT: 300265801
figures (representations): AAT: 300189808
animals (Animalia kingdom): AAT: 300249395
mythical or legendary beings: AAT: 300375725
whales (living organism): AAT: 300250157
orca (killer whale / Orcinus orca): DMA
crocodile (animals/crocodylidae family): AAT: 300250293
caimans (alligators / Crocodilia order / Alligatoridae family): DMA
fish (animals): AAT: 300266085
serpents (snakes/Serpentes suborder): AAT: 300250870
faces (animal or human components): AAT: 300251798
heads (representations): AAT: 300262520
geometric motifs: AAT: 300009764
geometric patterns: AAT: 300165213
triangles (polygons): AAT: 300009806
zigzags (geometric patterns): AAT: 300165028
circles (plane figures): AAT: 300055627
rectangles (parallelograms): AAT: 300055636
stepped frets (meanders (patterns)/motifs): AAT: 300010171
lines (geometric concept): AAT: 300056279
bands (decorative): DMA
repetition (artistic concept): AAT: 300400861

RELATED OBJECTS 

PROVENANCE 
Until 1976: Nora and John Wise, New York [1]

From 1976: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, The Nora and John Wise Collection, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Jake L. Hamon, the Eugene McDermott Family, Mr. and Mrs. Algur H. Meadows and the Meadows Foundation, Incorporated, and Mr. and Mrs. John D. Murchison [1], [2]

[1] The main source for this provenance is letter from A.L. Woodman, Chief of Valuation Analysis Section of the Internal Revenue Service, to Harry S. Parker, Director of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts (dated July 23, 1979, copy in Dallas Museum of Art Collections Records Object File, Confidential). Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.

[2] The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, was changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.

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FUN FACTS

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Notes
Nasca, Early Intermediate Period, 430-530 C.E., updated by KJones in TMS on 10/16/13, 11/29/13, 02/26/16, and 01/10/17.

Catalogue essays

Artist/designers

Cultures
Nazca (Nasca): AAT: 300017290

Geography
Peru (nation): TGN: 1000056
Nazca: TGN: 7033105

Process/materials
ceramic (material): AAT: 300235507
clay: AAT: 300010439
slip (clay): AAT: 300010459
slip glaze: AAT: 300015110
paint (coating): AAT: 300015029
modeling (forming): AAT: 300053130
coiling (pottery technique): AAT: 300053903
firing (technique): AAT: 300053887

Historical periods
Early Intermediate period (Pre-Columbian Andean styles and periods): AAT: 300017280

Individuals

Subject terms
vessels (containers): AAT: 300193015
bowls (vessels): AAT: 300203596
serving dishes: AAT: 300198294
ritual vessels: AAT: 300265801
figures (representations): AAT: 300189808
animals (Animalia kingdom): AAT: 300249395
mythical or legendary beings: AAT: 300375725
whales (living organism): AAT: 300250157
orca (killer whale / Orcinus orca): DMA
crocodile (animals/crocodylidae family): AAT: 300250293
caimans (alligators / Crocodilia order / Alligatoridae family): DMA
fish (animals): AAT: 300266085
serpents (snakes/Serpentes suborder): AAT: 300250870
faces (animal or human components): AAT: 300251798
heads (representations): AAT: 300262520
geometric motifs: AAT: 300009764
geometric patterns: AAT: 300165213
triangles (polygons): AAT: 300009806
zigzags (geometric patterns): AAT: 300165028
circles (plane figures): AAT: 300055627
rectangles (parallelograms): AAT: 300055636
stepped frets (meanders (patterns)/motifs): AAT: 300010171
lines (geometric concept): AAT: 300056279
bands (decorative): DMA
repetition (artistic concept): AAT: 300400861

RELATED OBJECTS 

PROVENANCE 
Until 1976: Nora and John Wise, New York [1]

From 1976: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, The Nora and John Wise Collection, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Jake L. Hamon, the Eugene McDermott Family, Mr. and Mrs. Algur H. Meadows and the Meadows Foundation, Incorporated, and Mr. and Mrs. John D. Murchison [1], [2]

[1] The main source for this provenance is letter from A.L. Woodman, Chief of Valuation Analysis Section of the Internal Revenue Service, to Harry S. Parker, Director of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts (dated July 23, 1979, copy in Dallas Museum of Art Collections Records Object File, Confidential). Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.

[2] The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, was changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.

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fish (animals): AAT: 300266085
whales (living organism): AAT: 300250157
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#completed
@Higgins
*Arts of the Americas
animals (Animalia kingdom): AAT: 300249395
%copyedited_Gail
ceramic (material): AAT: 300235507
clay: AAT: 300010439
modeling (forming): AAT: 300053130
slip (clay): AAT: 300010459
slip glaze: AAT: 300015110
paint (coating): AAT: 300015029
coiling (pottery technique): AAT: 300053903
figures (representations): AAT: 300189808
vessels (containers): AAT: 300193015
ritual vessels: AAT: 300265801
faces (animal or human components): AAT: 300251798
mythical or legendary beings: AAT: 300375725
geometric motifs: AAT: 300009764
heads (representations): AAT: 300262520
geometric patterns: AAT: 300165213
lines (geometric concept): AAT: 300056279
circles (plane figures): AAT: 300055627
rectangles (parallelograms): AAT: 300055636
triangles (polygons): AAT: 300009806
bands (decorative): DMA
Peru (nation): TGN: 1000056
firing (technique): AAT: 300053887
serpents (snakes/Serpentes suborder): AAT: 300250870
repetition (artistic concept): AAT: 300400861
caimans (alligators / Crocodilia order / Alligatoridae family): DMA
step pattern: AAT: 300010229
zigzags (geometric patterns): AAT: 300165028
stepped frets (meanders (patterns)/motifs): AAT: 300010171
Early Intermediate period (Pre-Columbian Andean styles and periods): AAT: 300017280
frets (pattern): AAT: 300010155
bowls (vessels): AAT: 300203596
serving dishes: AAT: 300198294
duality (concepts): DMA
Nazca (Nasca): AAT: 300017290
teeth (animal components): AAT: 300400467
fangs (teeth): DMA
crocodile (animals/crocodylidae family): AAT: 300250293
Nazca: TGN: 7033105
quadrant (shape): AAT: 300078757
orca (killer whale / Orcinus orca): DMA
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