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Human Head Jar

Nasca

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Caption

Nasca. Human Head Jar, 300–600 C.E.. Ceramic, pigment, 5 1/4 x 4 x 4 in. (13.3 x 10.2 x 10.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc., 86.224.115. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Culture

Nasca

Title

Human Head Jar

Date

300–600 C.E.

Medium

Ceramic, pigment

Classification

Vessel

Dimensions

5 1/4 x 4 x 4 in. (13.3 x 10.2 x 10.2 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc.

Accession Number

86.224.115

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Artists and makers

Nasca

164 works in the collection