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Figure of a Seated Chieftain by Colima — VisualArtsDB

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Figure of a Seated Chieftain

Figure of a Seated Chieftain

Figure of a Seated Chieftain

-100–250

Medium: Ceramic and pigment
Dimensions: 49.5 × 28 × 24 cm (19 1/2 × 11 × 9 1/2 in.)
Genre: Earthenware
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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mesoamericanamericasrulershipwest mexicomodeling (forming)headdressesearthenwareceramicspeoplesculpturerulers (people)inorganic materialArts of the AmericasPre-Columbiancolimaart of the americasterracotta

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