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Bottle with Underwater Serpents by Mississippian — VisualArtsDB

Bottle with Underwater Serpents

Bottle with Underwater Serpents

1300–1500

Medium: Earthenware and pigment
Dimensions: 24.1 × 20.3 cm (9 1/2 × 8 3/4 in.)
Genre: vessel
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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archaic americasupernaturalvesselsearthenwareserpentsvesselmidwesternceramicsnative americanmississippiannative north americanritual objectsArts of the Americasceramicart of the americas

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