Male Effigy Vessel
100–650
- Medium
- ceramic and slip
- Dimensions
- Overall: 28.8 x 16 x 17 cm (11 5/16 x 6 5/16 x 6 11/16 in.)
- Genre
- Ceramic
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Tags
Peru, South Coast, Nasca, Early Intermediate Period
About
The style is typically Nasca: modeling is minimal and the surface is decorated with the vibrant, earth-colored slips that are a hallmark of Nasca ceramic art. Male figures are a well-known category of Nasca ceramic production, although the shape of this one, which stands upright on two legs and is additionally supported from behind by a long loincloth, is unusual.