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Handle Spout Vessel in Form of Sacrificer Wearing a Jaguar Headdress by Moche — VisualArtsDB

Handle Spout Vessel in Form of Sacrificer Wearing a Jaguar Headdress

Handle Spout Vessel in Form of Sacrificer Wearing a Jaguar Headdress

-100–500

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

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americasandeanearly intermediate periodvesselsearthenwarevesselceramicsmochicainorganic materialArts of the Americassouth americanPre-Columbianmocheandesceramicart of the americas

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