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Storage Vessel with Snake Relief by Casas Grandes — VisualArtsDB

Storage Vessel with Snake Relief

Storage Vessel with Snake Relief

1280–1450

Medium: Ceramic and pigment
Dimensions: H.: 12.7 cm (5 in.)
Genre: vessel
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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firing (heating)americasmodeling (forming)casas grandesvesselsvesselanimalssnakepainting (image making)ceramicssnakesnative americansouthwestnative north americanArts of the AmericasOwlsceramicart of the americas

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