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Cup Depicting Masked Performer Holding Weapon by Nasca — VisualArtsDB

Cup Depicting Masked Performer Holding Weapon

Cup Depicting Masked Performer Holding Weapon

-180–500

Medium: Ceramic and pigment
Dimensions: 10.6 × 14.1 cm (4 3/16 × 5 9/16 in.)
Genre: earthenware
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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americasandeanearly intermediate periodvesselsearthenwarevesselnazcaceramicsinorganic materialArts of the AmericasPre-Columbianandesceramicart of the americas

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