Pre-Columbian, Southern Peru, Nazca, ca. 200 to 500 CE. A beautiful and petite pottery bowl, hand built and painted with vibrant hues. This bowl features a figure around the body known variously as the "underworld feline" or the "the decapitator god." Iterations of this creature depict feline characteristics, but here, the being exhibits many different animals, including a simian head, feline whiskers, and a feathered bird body. The clawed front legs grasp a club or mace. A bird, that shares the same stylized feathers, is positioned behind the deity. All is painted in bright hues of red, white, orange-brown, black, and gray. Size: 3.75" Diameter x 2" H (9.5 cm x 5.1 cm)
Provenance: ex-Ashland University Museum, Ashland, Ohio, USA, donated to Ashland University between July 1994 to December 1998
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Condition
Professionally repaired from 5 pieces with overpainting to interior basin. Break lines are visible on exterior, with areas of infill and overpainting. Great preservation of pigments and motifs.