Illustrations of Artifact Categories Subject to U.S. Import Restriction

	Type of Object:	Vessel
	Material:	Ceramic
	Measurements:	Sizes range from 5 - 20 cm. in height.
	Date or Period:	100-600 A.D.
	Maker:	Nazca
	Designated List Category:	IIIF Nazca Ceramics
	Date of Import Restriction:	06/11/1997
	Photograph:	National Museum of Archaeology, Anthropology, and History of Peru
	Copyright :	National Museum of Archaeology, Anthropology, and History of Peru

 

Description of Designated List Category Subject to Import Restrictions:
Date: 100-600 A.D. Typically very colorful, with a range of slips including cream, black, red, violet, orange, gray, all in a range of tones. Background slip is generally cream or orange. Shapes include cups, bowls, beakers, plates, double-spout-and-bridge bottles, human figures, and musical instruments. Realistic drawings of fantastic creatures, including the ‘Flying God' are portrayed. In late Nazca, bottles are broader and flatter and the designs are arrayed in broad bands. Typically, these vessels have decorations of trophy heads, geometric motifs, and painted female faces.
Keywords:
animal design, bowls, ceramic, container, Nazca, painted pottery, pottery, Pre-Columbian Ceramics, vessel,