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Vessel Depicting Animated Weapons and Helmets Capturing Prisoners by Moche — VisualArtsDB

Vessel Depicting Animated Weapons and Helmets Capturing Prisoners

Vessel Depicting Animated Weapons and Helmets Capturing Prisoners

-100–500

Medium: Ceramic and pigment
Dimensions: 24.8 × 19.7 cm (9 3/4 × 7 3/4)
Genre: earthenware
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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paintamericasandeanearly intermediate periodvesselsearthenwarevesselceramicsmochicainorganic materialArts of the Americassouth americanPre-Columbianmocheandescoating (material)ceramicart of the americas

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