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Vessel with Killer Whales by Nasca — VisualArtsDB

Vessel with Killer Whales

Vessel with Killer Whales

-100–500

Medium: Ceramic and pigment
Dimensions: 17.9 × 16.2 cm (7 1/16 × 6 3/8 in.)
Genre: earthenware
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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americasmodeling (forming)andeanearly intermediate periodvesselsearthenwarevesselanimalswhalepainting (image making)nazcaceramicsinorganic materialArts of the Americasanthropomorphic figurecolorantPre-Columbianfishandesceramicpigmentsacrificeart of the americas

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