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Effigy Jar Depicting a Dwarf Carrying a Puma by Moche — VisualArtsDB

Effigy Jar Depicting a Dwarf Carrying a Puma

Effigy Jar Depicting a Dwarf Carrying a Puma

-180–500

Medium: Ceramic and pigment
Dimensions: 35.2 × 21 × 18.4 cm (13 7/8 × 8 1/8 × 7 1/4 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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