CultureNasca
Titles
- Killer Whale Effigy Vessel
Date100 BC–700 AD
PlacePeru
MediumEarthenware with slip
Dimensions4 3/4 × 8 1/2 × 3 1/8 in. (12.1 × 21.6 × 7.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Shell Oil Company Foundation at "One Great Night in November, 1997"
Object number97.469
Not on view
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Department
Art of the Indigenous AmericasObject Type
Exhibition History“Fangs, Feathers, and Fins: Sacred Creatures in Ancient American Art,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 15, 2014–March 22, 2015.
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Unknown Central and South American
100 BC–700 AD
Terra cotta with slip
2003.107
Unknown Central and South American
100 BC–700 AD
Earthenware with slip
2010.297
Unknown Central and South American
100 BC–700 AD
Pearly shell, spondylus, resin
2010.1292.1,.2
Unknown Central and South American
300 BC–300 AD
Earthenware with slip
61.12
Unknown Central and South American
100–800 AD
Terra cotta with slip
2004.1352
Unknown Central and South American
100–800 AD
Terra cotta with slip
2004.1351
Unknown Central and South American
300 BC–300 AD
Earthenware with slip
65.127
