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Vessel Depicting a Bound Prisoner Facing a Jaguar by Moche — VisualArtsDB

Vessel Depicting a Bound Prisoner Facing a Jaguar

Vessel Depicting a Bound Prisoner Facing a Jaguar

250–500

Medium: Ceramic and pigment
Dimensions: 30.5 × 16.9 cm (12 × 6 5/8 in.)
Genre: earthenware
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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americasfigures (representations)jaguarmodeling (forming)andeanearly intermediate periodvesselsearthenwarevesselpainting (image making)ritualsceramicsmochicacaptiveinorganic materialArts of the Americassouth americanritual sacrificesPre-Columbianmocheandesfelineceramicsacrificeart of the americas

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