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Jar Depicting a Head with Face Painting by Nasca — VisualArtsDB

Jar Depicting a Head with Face Painting

Jar Depicting a Head with Face Painting

-180–500

Medium: Ceramic and pigment
Dimensions: 11.9 × 11.1 cm (4 11/16 × 4 3/8 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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