20.22
Nasca vase with bands of female, "Betty Boop" faces. The female face motif is accompanied by chevrons in alternating bands of red, gray, brown, cream, and yellow; a band of stylized triangular faces; and a band of more abstract icons, possibly stylized trophy heads. From the collections of the Milwaukee Public Museum, author photo.
Item record
Chapter
Ch. 20: Mothers and Others: Female Images and Life Cycle Rituals in the Southern Andes
Item type
Photograph
Creator
Cultural terms
Nasca
Geographic terms
Andean South America
Central Coast
Peru
South Central Coast
South Coast
Temporal terms
Early Intermediate Period (EIP)
Image contents
Material
Object
Reuse
Recommended citation
Isbell, William H.; Uribe, Mauricio I.; Tiballi, Anne; Edward P. Zegarra, 2018, "Visual database", https://doi.org/10.25346/S6/1B33FN.