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LLAMA EFFIGY VESSEL
AD 100-300
Nazca style, South Coast Peru
Ceramic
Gift of Howard Campbell
(80.69)
This vessel of a llama has painted, polychrome arrows on his sides. This decoration suggests a sacrificial or hunting context. It is a good example of the naturalism of style found in the Middle Nazca ceramic forms.
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