# Beaker with Geometric Textile Pattern

- By: Nasca (South coast, Peru)
- Date: 180 BCE–500 CE
- Medium: Ceramic and pigment
- Classification: Ceramics
- Dimensions: 22 × 11 cm (8 5/8 × 4 5/16 in.)
- Culture: Nazca Valley
- Credit line: Kate S. Buckingham Endowment
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/91304)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/061684be-5a4c-c224-f19e-e6f64416596b/full/!1500,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

This tall, wide-mouthed beaker is decorated with a variety of different geometric motifs, including stepped triangles, diagonal hatchering, triangles, and zig-zag patterns, arrayed in five tiers.

Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0