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Double Spout Vessel Depicting Costumed Figure with Decapitated Head by Nasca — VisualArtsDB

Double Spout Vessel Depicting Costumed Figure with Decapitated Head

Double Spout Vessel Depicting Costumed Figure with Decapitated Head

-180–500

Medium: Ceramic and pigment
Dimensions: 17.2 × 14.9 cm (6 3/4 × 5 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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