https://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/18138/fullEffigy vessel with anthropomorphic mythical being100-300Nasca artist(s)Overall: 64.8 x 61 cm (25 1/2 x 24 in.)Earthenware with slipGift of George and Helen GardinerOrigin: South Coast, PeruG83.1.1871Nasca painted effigy vessel, Early Intermediate period, of globular form. The front is moulded with a large demon wearing a tri-pointed headdress, mouth mask, incised geometric cape, and spiked arm decoration. There are curving demons with projecting tongues that are emerging from his legs at the back. He is grasping to his chest a vanquished warrior, with a moulded head, carrying a knife in his left hand and a trophy-head in the right. There is a cylindrical spout at the top. It is painted in deep reddish-brown, black, tan, and orange on a cream groundAndeanCeramics from Ancestral Abiayala[]Ancestral AbiayalaAndean184328355NascaEarly Intermediate Period (200 BCE-600 CE), Early Nasca Period