Vessel in the Form of a Human Head

Culture: Nasca
Period: Early Intermediate period, c.200 BCE–600 CE
Date: c.250–450 CE
Material: Ceramic with pigment
made in: Peru, South America
Classification: Ceramics, containers
Collection: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Current Location: Not on view
Dimensions: height: 3 1/4 in. (8.2 cm)
weight: 3.3 oz. (0.1 kg)
Credit Line: Gift of J. Lionberger Davis
Rights: Public Domain
Object Number: 145:1954

- 1950
Good Neighbor Imports, Inc., New York, NY, USA

1950 - 1954
J. Lionberger Davis (1878–1973), St. Louis, MO, acquired from Good Neighbor Imports, Inc. [1]

1954 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, given by J. Lionberger Davis [2]

Notes:
[1] A note on the accession record identifies J. Lionberger Davis acquired this work from Good Neighbor Imports, Inc. in 1950 [SLAM document files].

[2] A letter dated December 15, 1954 from Perry T. Rathbone, director of the City Art Museum, to J. Lionberger Davis acknowledges the gift of this object as part of a larger donation [Director's Office, Donor Files, Archives, Saint Louis Art Museum]. Minutes of the Administrative Board of Control of the City Art Museum, December 9, 1954.

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