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Vessel Depicting Abstract Birds by Tiwanaku — VisualArtsDB

Vessel Depicting Abstract Birds

Vessel Depicting Abstract Birds

700–1000

Medium: Ceramic and pigment
Dimensions: 14.5 × 16 cm (5 11/16 × 6 5/16 in.)
Genre: earthenware
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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middle horizonamericasmodeling (forming)tiahuanacoandeanvesselsearthenwarevesselpainting (image making)ceramicsbirdsinorganic materialhuariabstract figuresArts of the AmericasPre-Columbianandesceramicart of the americas

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