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Bowl Depicting Shark or Killer Whale by Nasca — VisualArtsDB

Bowl Depicting Shark or Killer Whale

Bowl Depicting Shark or Killer Whale

-180–500

Medium: Ceramic and pigment
Dimensions: 5.4 × 14 cm (2 1/8 × 5 1/2 in.)
Genre: bowl
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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bowlandeanvesselsearthenwarevesselnazcaceramicsinorganic materialArts of the Americassouth americanandesceramicart of the americas

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