Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of John Victor Carter (1899-1962, a businessman in the Panama Canal Zone and collector of Peruvian antiquities); acquired by MAI through an exchange with John V. Carter in 1945.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- probably Nasca (Nazca) (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Previous owner
- John V. Carter (John Victor Carter), Non-Indian, 1899-1962
- Donor
- John V. Carter (John Victor Carter), Non-Indian, 1899-1962
- Date created
- AD 550–650 (Early Intermediate period)
- Object Name
- Vessel in the form of a tattooed man
- Media/Materials
- Pottery, paint
- Techniques
- Coiled/hand built, modeled, painted
- Dimensions
- 18 x 13 cm
- Object Type
- Containers and Vessels
