Nazca period pottery jars

Nazca period pottery jars

It is a ceramic artwork from the Nazca culture period collected by the Cleveland Museum of Art, approximately made between 450 and 600 AD. This ceramic vessel comes from the Nazca region on the southern coast of Peru and belongs to the 5th to 7th centuries. It is made of colored clay board and has an overall size of 19.4 x 14 centimeters (7 5/8 x 5 1/2 inches). This work is known for its vivid sculptural decoration, showcasing the ancient Nazca people's worship of war and human heads as spoils of war, and is an outstanding representative of pre Columbian South American art.