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Blackware Vessel in the Form of a Llama by Chimú — VisualArtsDB

Blackware Vessel in the Form of a Llama

Blackware Vessel in the Form of a Llama

1200–1450

Medium: Ceramic
Dimensions: 26.7 × 32.4 × 19.1 cm (10 1/2 × 12 3/4 × 7 1/2 in.)
Genre: blackware (black basaltes)
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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americasandeanvesselsearthenwarevesselceramicsinorganic materialchimúArts of the AmericasPre-Columbianblackware (black basaltes)andeslate intermediate periodceramicart of the americas

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