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Jar in the Form of a Human Head with Face Painting and Bound Lips by Nasca — VisualArtsDB

Jar in the Form of a Human Head with Face Painting and Bound Lips

Jar in the Form of a Human Head with Face Painting and Bound Lips

-180–500

Medium: Ceramic and pigment
Dimensions: 12.7 × 14.4 cm (5 × 4 7/8 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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