Cup with Stepped Motif

Unidentified Nasca (Nazca) maker

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Middle Nasca 400-500

Terracotta with slip

Overall: 3 15/16 × 4 5/16 in. (10 × 11 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Richard J. MacCornack, Class of 1937

56.12.13580

Geography

Place Made: South Coast region, Peru, South America

Period

1-500

Object Name

Pottery

Research Area

Americas

Not on view

Course History

ANTH 24, Early Civilizations of the Andes, Alan Covey, Spring 2014

ANTH 24, Early Civilizations of the Andes, Alan Covey, Spring 2014

Anthropology 50.05, Archaeology of Food, Jiajing Wang, Fall 2023

Provenance

Acquired in Peru by Richard John MacCornack( 1914-1998), Boulder, Colorado, about 1938; given to present collection, 1956.

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