1976.W.196 Single-spout-and-bridge bottle: figure holding plants (Peru, Nasca)

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

NOTES

Nasca, Early Intermediate Period, 450-650 C.E., updated by KJones in TMS on 10/16/13, 11/29/13, 02/26/16, 03/31/16, 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

Nasca (Nazca)

Nazca (Nasca): AAT: 300017290

Geography

Andes (South America)

Peru (nation): TGN: 1000056

Nazca: TGN: 7033105

Process/materials

Nasca (Nazca) Ceramics

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

heads (representations): AAT: 300262520

faces (animal or human components): AAT: 300251798

figures (representations): AAT: 300189808

human figures: AAT: 300404114

hairstyles: AAT: 300262903

braids (hairstyle): AAT: 300404709

face paint (body art / visual works / adornment): DMA

deities: AAT: 300343850

mythical or legendary beings: AAT: 300375725

suns (stars): AAT: 300379806

tongue (animal or human components): DMA

anthropomorphic: AAT: 300010335

geometric motifs: AAT: 300009764

geometric patterns: AAT: 300165213

lines (geometric concept): AAT: 300056279

bands (decorative): DMA

farming: AAT: 300192802

planting (activities): AAT: 300054711

plants (living organisms): AAT: 300132360

plant-derived motifs: AAT: 300164599

seeds (plant components): AAT: 300400469

bean (seed): AAT: 300011863

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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ARCHIVAL RESOURCES

FUN FACTS

In his 1976 report, Junius B. Bird, curator emeritus of South American archaeology at the American Museum of Natural History, notes: "**P10 Single-spouted water jar, modeled head, strap handle. Interesting late version of 'swimming fisherman,' in this case with beans and other plants usually associated with 'gardener figures.' Has also 3 face motifs. Nazca V-VI."

TEACHING IDEAS

RULES

Apply to objects where number equals 1976.W.196