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NOTES
- Nasca, Early Intermediate Period, 300-500 C.E., updated by KJones in TMS on 10/16/13, 11/29/13, 02/26/16, 09/12/16, 09/13/16, and 01/10/17.
- Fun Facts Source: Junius B. Bird Report, 1/26/1976, p. 34, TMS, Notes / Text Entries, Attribution.
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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
ritual vessels: AAT: 300265801
ritual objects: AAT: 300312158
bridge spouts: AAT: 300203289
stirrup-spout vessel (containers): DMA
figures (representations): AAT: 300189808
heads (representations): AAT: 300262520
faces (animal or human components): AAT: 300251798
bicephalic (two-headed / double-headed): DMA
hairstyles: AAT: 300262903
face paint (body art / visual works / adornment): DMA
geometric motifs: AAT: 300009764
geometric patterns: AAT: 300165213
triangles (polygons): AAT: 300009806
diamonds (motifs): AAT: 300009791
lines (geometric concept): AAT: 300056279
slings (projectile weapons): AAT: 300037216
trophy heads (trophies of war): DMA
trophies (objects): AAT: 300233975
trophies of war (objects): AAT: 300379111
sacrifices: AAT: 300263243
thorns (plant material): AAT: 300011912
duality (concepts): DMA
effigy: AAT: 300047108
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
- In his 1976 report, Junius B. Bird, curator emeritus of South American archaeology at the American Museum of Natural History, notes: "*M32 Double-chamber jar, two trophy heads, thorns in lips, holes on foreheads with suspension slings indicated. Most trophy heads shown with slit eyes; in this case eyes are open. Nazca III-IV?"
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- In his 1976 report, Junius B. Bird, curator emeritus of South American archaeology at the American Museum of Natural History, notes: "*M32 Double-chamber jar, two trophy heads, thorns in lips, holes on foreheads with suspension slings indicated. Most trophy heads shown with slit eyes; in this case eyes are open. Nazca III-IV?"
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Notes
- Nasca, Early Intermediate Period, 300-500 C.E., updated by KJones in TMS on 10/16/13, 11/29/13, 02/26/16, 09/12/16, 09/13/16, and 01/10/17.
- Fun Facts Source: Junius B. Bird Report, 1/26/1976, p. 34, TMS, Notes / Text Entries, Attribution.
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
ritual vessels: AAT: 300265801
ritual objects: AAT: 300312158
bridge spouts: AAT: 300203289
stirrup-spout vessel (containers): DMA
figures (representations): AAT: 300189808
heads (representations): AAT: 300262520
faces (animal or human components): AAT: 300251798
bicephalic (two-headed / double-headed): DMA
hairstyles: AAT: 300262903
face paint (body art / visual works / adornment): DMA
geometric motifs: AAT: 300009764
geometric patterns: AAT: 300165213
triangles (polygons): AAT: 300009806
diamonds (motifs): AAT: 300009791
lines (geometric concept): AAT: 300056279
slings (projectile weapons): AAT: 300037216
trophy heads (trophies of war): DMA
trophies (objects): AAT: 300233975
trophies of war (objects): AAT: 300379111
sacrifices: AAT: 300263243
thorns (plant material): AAT: 300011912
duality (concepts): DMA
effigy: AAT: 300047108
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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