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Vessel with Bird Beings by Nasca — VisualArtsDB

Vessel with Bird Beings

Vessel with Bird Beings

50–500

Medium: Ceramic and pigment
Dimensions: 15 × 15 cm (5 7/8 × 5 7/8 in.)
Genre: earthenware
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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americasmodeling (forming)andeanearly intermediate periodvesselsearthenwarevesselpainting (image making)nazcaritualsceramicspeopleinorganic materialArts of the Americasritual sacrificesPre-Columbianandesceramicsacrificeart of the americas

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