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Jar in the Form of an Abstract Human Head with Face Painting by Nasca — VisualArtsDB

Jar in the Form of an Abstract Human Head with Face Painting

Jar in the Form of an Abstract Human Head with Face Painting

-180–500

Medium: Ceramic and pigment
Dimensions: 22 × 17.5 cm (8 5/8 × 6 7/8 in.)
Genre: earthenware
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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

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