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Cup with Profile Head of the Maize God by Olmec — VisualArtsDB

Cup with Profile Head of the Maize God

-800–-400

Medium: Earthenware with burnished slip
Dimensions: 9.8 × 9.8 cm (3 7/8 × 3 7/8 in.)
Genre: earthenware
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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mesoamericanamericassupernaturalmodeling (forming)vesselsearthenwareolmecvesselmaizeceramicsmasksinorganic materialabstract figuresArts of the AmericasPre-Columbianfertilityincisingart of the americasterracotta

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