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Vessel Depicting a Masked Ritual Performer by Nasca — VisualArtsDB

Vessel Depicting a Masked Ritual Performer

Vessel Depicting a Masked Ritual Performer

-180–500

Medium: Ceramic and pigment
Dimensions: 18.6 × 14.8 cm (7 5/16 × 5 13/16 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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