Photo of collection object Jar
Nasca. Jar, 325-440. Ceramic, pigments, 6 x 3 3/4 x 3 3/4 in. (15.2 x 9.5 x 9.5 cm). Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc., 86.224.8. Creative Commons-BY.

Jar

325-440

Nasca

Arts of the Americas

Agricultural fertility is the subject of this Nasca jar, on which four anthropomorphic monkeys—animal representations with human characteristics—hold or harvest bean pods. Further reinforcing this fertility theme, the monkeys display attributes of other animals related to fertility: the squiggly tail of a tadpole, an amphibian associated with water that transforms into a frog, and the feathered wings of an insect, beneficial for spreading pollen.


La fertilidad agrícola es el tema de esta vasija Nasca, en la cual cuatro monos antropomórficos—representaciones animales con características humanas—sostienen o cosechan vainas de frijol. Reforzando aún más el tema de la fertilidad, los monos presentan atributos de otros animales también relacionados con la fertilidad: la cola serpenteante del renacuajo (un anfibio asociado con agua que se transforma en rana) y las alas como emplumadas de un insecto, beneficiosas para diseminar polen.
Maker/Artist
Nasca
Classification
Vessel
Formatted Medium
Ceramic, pigments
Locations
Place found: South Coast, Peru
Dimensions
6 x 3 3/4 x 3 3/4 in. (15.2 x 9.5 x 9.5 cm)
Accession Number
86.224.8
Credit Line
Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc.
Rights Statement
Creative Commons-BY
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