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Beaker Depicting a Costumed Performer Holding Decapitated Head by Nasca — VisualArtsDB

Beaker Depicting a Costumed Performer Holding Decapitated Head

Beaker Depicting a Costumed Performer Holding Decapitated Head

-180–500

Medium: Ceramic and pigment
Dimensions: 16.5 × 11.8 cm (6 1/2 × 4 5/8 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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