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		COASTAL HUARI South Coast 700 - 800 BCE CUP ATARCO STYLE RAPTOR MOTIF LMA 6637 Size: 11.7 cm tall, 8.5 cm diameter Manufacture: Modeled Surface: Slip painted Firing: Oxidizing
It is not surprising that, when the Huari reached the Nasca Valley along the south coast, they would adopt some of the ceramic traditions of the Nasca. In this area, the Atarco substyle of Huari ceramics evolved, taking as its inspiration the earlier pottery of the Nasca civilization. In particular, it is only here that the use of a wide array of colored slips was employed by the Huari. However, unlike their Nasca predecessors, the Huari potters used very angular representations of their own deities which probably derived ultimately from the Tiahuanaco civilization to the southeast.

		COASTAL HUARI South Coast 700 - 800 BCE EFFIGY VESSEL SNAKE MOTIF LMA 7178 Size: cm Manufacture: Modelled Surface: Slip painted Firing: Oxidizing
The extraordinary simplicity of the decoration on this vessel is typical of the Coastal Huari, especially the target-like spots on the far side.

		ICA South Coast 800 - 1000 CE GLOBULAR POT GEOMETRIC MOTIF LMA 6248 Size: cm tall Manufacture: Modelled Surface: Slip painted Firing: Oxidizing
The legacy of the Nasca can still be seen in the vessels of the Ica, although the use of natural motifs has been discarded in favor of simple geometric forms reminiscent of textile patterns.

		ICA South Coast 800 - 1000 CE BOWL GEOMETRIC MOTIF LMA 6246 Size: cm tall Manufacture: Modelled Surface: Slip painted Firing: Oxidizing
Zigzag patterns similar to those on textiles are very common on Ica pottery.

		CUZCO INCA South Coast ca. 1475 CE ARYBALLOID JAR GEOMETRIC MOTIF LMA 15868 Size: 27 cm tall Manufacture: Modelled Surface: Slip painted Firing: Oxidizing
This vessel is called ‘aryballoid’ because it resembles the aryballos form of Greek pottery, but it is known was an urpu by the Inca. Inca vessels usually have small loop handles, as well as small lugs. Both were used for straps which made the vessel easier to carry. By this time, the brightly colored vessels of earlier periods had gone by the wayside, and the distinction between utilitarian and ritual pottery had diminished. Now, figural scenes were limited to kero cups, ritual vessels made of wood, while in pottery simple brown vessels bearing bands of geometric patterning prevailed.

		CUZCO INCA South Coast ca. 1475 CE STRAP-HANDLED JAR GEOMETRIC MOTIF LMA 16402 Size: cm tall Manufacture: Modelled Surface: Slip painted Firing: Oxidizing
Jars with these unusually positioned handles were quite common with the Cuzco Incas.

		CUZCO INCA South Coast ca. 1475 CE SMALL PITCHER BIRD MOTIF LMA 1986.2.6 Size: cm tall Manufacture: Modelled Surface: Unpainted, slipped Firing: Oxidizing
This vessel has a form which appears to have been influenced by the Europeans.

		CHIMU INCA North Coast ca. 1475 CE CANTEEN PAN FLUTIST LMA 7204 Size: cm tall Manufacture: Modelled Surface: Slip-painted Firing: Oxidizing
The form of this vessel recalls earlier Chimu forms, indicating that this likely comes from the North Coast under Inca influence. The painting is reminiscent of the Central Coast, of the huari and even the earlier Nasca. By the time of the Incas, communication throughout Peru led to a great variety of forms and the adoption of techniques from a wide area.