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Beaker in the Form of a Head with Abstract Serpent-like Textile Pattern by Nasca — VisualArtsDB

Beaker in the Form of a Head with Abstract Serpent-like Textile Pattern

Beaker in the Form of a Head with Abstract Serpent-like Textile Pattern

-180–500

Medium: Ceramic and pigment
Dimensions: 14.9 × 13.8 cm (5 7/8 × 5 7/16 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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