Cleveland Museum of Art
Skull Vessel
- Date
- 500–900
- Medium
- earthenware with colored slips
- Culture
- Wari (Pachacamac) style, Middle Horizon, Epoch 2
- Department
- Art of the Americas
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
This vessel's clear, vibrant color reveals the inspiration of Wari ceramics in those of the South Coast Nasca. The twin spouts joined by a flat, handle-like bridge are also an old South Coast spout type.
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