Nazca

200 BCE – 800 (approximate dates)

Americas

A culture of southern Peru: polychrome pottery and the famous geoglyphs — gigantic drawings of hummingbirds and monkeys etched into the desert.

Selected works

Nose and Mouth Ornament 200 BCE–500 CE

Fragment of a Drum Chamber 180 BCE–500 CE

Bowl Depicting a Costumed Ritual Performer with Abstract Plants, Holding a Captive 180 BCE–500 CE

Bottle in the Form of a Severed Trophy Head 180 BCE–500 CE

Vessel with Bird Beings 50–500 CE