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Handled Brownware Jug with Bird Impressed on Side by Chimú — VisualArtsDB

Handled Brownware Jug with Bird Impressed on Side

Handled Brownware Jug with Bird Impressed on Side

1000–1400

Medium: Ceramic and pigment
Dimensions: 12.7 × 8.9 cm (5 × 3 1/2 in.)
Genre: earthenware
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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americasandeanvesselsearthenwarevesselceramicsinorganic materialchimúArts of the AmericasPre-Columbianandeslate intermediate periodceramicart of the americas

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