# Vessel Depicting a Costumed Ritual Performer Holding a Staff and a Trophy Head

- By: Nasca (South coast, Peru)
- Date: 180 BCE–500 CE
- Medium: Ceramic and pigment
- Classification: Ceramics
- Dimensions: 13.7 × 15.2 cm (5 3/8 × 6 in.)
- Culture: Peruvian South Coast
- Credit line: Kate S. Buckingham Endowment Fund
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/91319)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/3be21fc3-dacc-248a-37f6-986155a77a50/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)