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Vessel in the Form of a Human or Animal Skull by Moche — VisualArtsDB

Vessel in the Form of a Human or Animal Skull

Vessel in the Form of a Human or Animal Skull

-100–500

Medium: Ceramic and pigment
Dimensions: 22.2 × 12.4 × 14.9 cm (8 3/4 × 4 7/8 × 5 7/8 in.)
Genre: earthenware
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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americasandeanearly intermediate periodvesselsearthenwarevesselceramicsmochicainorganic materialArts of the Americassouth americanPre-Columbianmocheandesmochica iiiceramicart of the americas

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