1976.W.191 Bowl: four faces (Peru, Nasca)


GENERAL DESCRIPTION

NOTES
  • Nasca, Early Intermediate Period, 300-500 C.E., updated by KJones in TMS on 11/29/13, 02/26/16, 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
bowls (vessels): AAT: 300203596
serving dishes: AAT: 300198294
ritual vessels: AAT: 300265801
figures (representations): AAT: 300189808
human figures: AAT: 300404114
faces (animal or human components): AAT: 300251798
heads (representations): AAT: 300262520
face paint (body art / visual works / adornment): DMA
repetition (artistic concept): AAT: 300400861
geometric motifs: AAT: 300009764
geometric patterns: AAT: 300165213
lines (geometric concept): AAT: 300056279
crosses (motifs): AAT: 300010044
quadrant (shape): AAT: 300078757
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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WEB RESOURCES 

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: "G6 Bowl, painted inside only, four human faces in quadrants. Broken and very well repaired. Nazca V? or VI."

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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: "G6 Bowl, painted inside only, four human faces in quadrants. Broken and very well repaired. Nazca V? or VI."

Archival Resources

Web Resources
 
Notes
  • Nasca, Early Intermediate Period, 300-500 C.E., updated by KJones in TMS on 11/29/13, 02/26/16, 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
bowls (vessels): AAT: 300203596
serving dishes: AAT: 300198294
ritual vessels: AAT: 300265801
figures (representations): AAT: 300189808
human figures: AAT: 300404114
faces (animal or human components): AAT: 300251798
heads (representations): AAT: 300262520
face paint (body art / visual works / adornment): DMA
repetition (artistic concept): AAT: 300400861
geometric motifs: AAT: 300009764
geometric patterns: AAT: 300165213
lines (geometric concept): AAT: 300056279
crosses (motifs): AAT: 300010044
quadrant (shape): AAT: 300078757
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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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
geometric motifs: AAT: 300009764
heads (representations): AAT: 300262520
geometric patterns: AAT: 300165213
human figures: AAT: 300404114
lines (geometric concept): AAT: 300056279
crosses (motifs): AAT: 300010044
Peru (nation): TGN: 1000056
firing (technique): AAT: 300053887
face paint (body art / visual works / adornment): DMA
repetition (artistic concept): AAT: 300400861
Early Intermediate period (Pre-Columbian Andean styles and periods): AAT: 300017280
bowls (vessels): AAT: 300203596
serving dishes: AAT: 300198294
Nazca (Nasca): AAT: 300017290
Nazca: TGN: 7033105
quadrant (shape): AAT: 300078757
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