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

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

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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