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Rounded Beaker Depicting Masked Figure Holding Decapitated Head by Nasca — VisualArtsDB

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Rounded Beaker Depicting Masked Figure Holding Decapitated Head

Rounded Beaker Depicting Masked Figure Holding Decapitated Head

Rounded Beaker Depicting Masked Figure Holding Decapitated Head

-180–500

Medium: Ceramic and pigment
Dimensions: 20.6 × 15.2 cm (8 1/8 × 6 in.)
Genre: Earthenware
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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americasandeanearly intermediate periodvesselsearthenwarevesselnazcaceramicsinorganic materialArts of the AmericasPre-Columbianandesceramicart of the americas

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