Cleveland Museum of Art
Bowl with Costumed Being
- Date
- 100 BCE–700 CE
- Medium
- earthenware with colored slips
- Culture
- Peru, South Coast, Nasca
- Department
- Art of the Americas
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Supernatural figures like the one on this bowl are shown wearing ornaments that actually exist-like the nearby Mouth Mask-they may represent humans clothed as deities who served as living cult images during rituals. The figure holds a severed head that probably alludes to capture of an enemy’s life force, since severed heads and fertility are linked in Nasca art.
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