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Vessel in the Form of an Owl Impersonator by Moche — VisualArtsDB

Vessel in the Form of an Owl Impersonator

Vessel in the Form of an Owl Impersonator

-100–500

Medium: Ceramic and pigment
Dimensions: 23.5 × 17.4 × 16.8 cm (9 5/16 × 6 7/8 × 6 5/8 in.)
Genre: earthenware
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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costumesamericasritualmodeling (forming)andeanearly intermediate periodvesselsearthenwarevesselanimalspainting (image making)ceramicsmasksmochicabirdsinorganic materialArts of the Americassouth americananthropomorphic figurePre-Columbianmocheandesceramicart of the americas

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