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Vessel Depicting a Costumed Ritual Performer Wearing a Feline Mask by Nasca — VisualArtsDB

Vessel Depicting a Costumed Ritual Performer Wearing a Feline Mask

Vessel Depicting a Costumed Ritual Performer Wearing a Feline Mask

-180–500

Medium: Ceramic and pigment
Dimensions: 17.2 × 13.2 cm (6 3/4 × 5 3/16 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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