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Beaker Depicting Decapitated Heads, Likely Trophy Heads by Nasca — VisualArtsDB

Beaker Depicting Decapitated Heads, Likely Trophy Heads

Beaker Depicting Decapitated Heads, Likely Trophy Heads

-180–500

Medium: Ceramic and pigment
Dimensions: 14.9 × 14.6 cm (5 7/8 × 5 3/4 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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