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| Keywords: Nazca - Happy Fisherman Vessel - Walters 482865 - Profile.jpg The Nazca culture of the southern coast of Peru produced many bright textiles and polychrome ceramics They are best known for their huge land drawings called geoglyphs which can be seen properly only from the air Large quantities of ceramics such as this have been found buried where important lines of the geoglyphs intersect These were probably intended as offerings to the gods who controlled the weather Most ceramic decoration reflects the Nazca view of their relationship with the natural environment and the important of water to their existence 200 BC-AD 600 terracotta cm 18 15 1 19 1 accession number 48 2865 33518 Dr Uldarico Rocca Lima Peru date and mode of acquisition unknown Dr Ernst Niedermeyer Baltimore July 1978 by gift Walters Art Museum Gift of Dr Ernst Niedermeyer 2009 place of origin Peru Walters Art Museum license Pre-Columbian art in the Walters Art Museum Nazca ceramic effigy vessels Fish in pottery Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Fish in Pre-Columbian art Fishermen in art | ||||
