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Vessel in the Form of a Pampas Cat by Nasca — VisualArtsDB

Vessel in the Form of a Pampas Cat

Vessel in the Form of a Pampas Cat

-180–500

Medium: Ceramic and pigment
Dimensions: 21 × 12.1 cm (8 1/4 × 4 3/4 in.)
Genre: earthenware
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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americasmodeling (forming)andeanearly intermediate periodvesselsearthenwarevesselanimalspainting (image making)nazcaceramicsinorganic materialArts of the Americasanthropomorphic figurePre-Columbianandesincisingfelineceramicart of the americas

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