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Portrait Vessel of a Captive by Moche — VisualArtsDB

Portrait Vessel of a Captive

Portrait Vessel of a Captive

-100–500

Medium: Ceramic and pigment
Dimensions: H.: 24.8 cm (9 3/4 in.)
Genre: earthenware
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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americasmodeling (forming)andeanearly intermediate periodvesselsearthenwarevesselpainting (image making)ritualsceramicsmochicapeopleinorganic materialArts of the Americassouth americanritual sacrificesPre-Columbianmocheportraitsandesceramicsacrificeart of the americas

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