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Vessel in the Form of a Seal Impersonator Playing a Drum by Moche — VisualArtsDB

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Vessel in the Form of a Seal Impersonator Playing a Drum

Vessel in the Form of a Seal Impersonator Playing a Drum

Vessel in the Form of a Seal Impersonator Playing a Drum

-100–500

Medium: Ceramic and pigment
Dimensions: 41.1 × 23.3 × 20.5 cm (16 3/16 × 9 3/16 × 8 1/8 in.)
Genre: Earthenware
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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americasmodeling (forming)andeanearly intermediate periodearthenwarevesselanimalspainting (image making)ceramicsmochicainorganic materialimpersonationmochica vArts of the Americassouth americanPre-Columbianmocheandesceramicart of the americas

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