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Bean Warrior Vessel by Moche — VisualArtsDB

Bean Warrior Vessel

Bean Warrior Vessel

600–800

Medium: Earthenware and pigment
Dimensions: 25.9 × 13.2 cm (10 3/16 × 5 3/16 in.)
Genre: earthenware
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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runnerpaintamericasritualmodeling (forming)andeanearly intermediate periodearthenwarevesselpainting (image making)warfareceramicsmochicainorganic materialbeansArts of the Americassouth americananthropomorphic figurePre-Columbianmochewarriorsandescoating (material)ceramicart of the americas

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