Skull Vessel
500–900
- Medium
- earthenware with colored slips
- Dimensions
- Overall: 14.5 x 17.8 x 12.6 cm (5 11/16 x 7 x 4 15/16 in.)
- Genre
- Ceramics
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Styles
Tags
Wari (Pachacamac) style, Middle Horizon, Epoch 2
About
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.