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Head Fragment from a Large Ceremonial Jar by Tiwanaku — VisualArtsDB

Head Fragment from a Large Ceremonial Jar

Head Fragment from a Large Ceremonial Jar

700–800

Medium: Ceramic and pigment
Dimensions: 11.1 × 10.5 cm (4 3/8 × 4 1/8 in.)
Genre: earthenware
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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middle horizonamericasmodeling (forming)tiahuanacoandeanvesselsearthenwarevesselpainting (image making)ceramicspeopleinorganic materialhuariArts of the AmericasfragmentPre-Columbianandesceramicart of the americasfaces

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