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Vessel in Form of a Head Wearing a Bird Headdress by Moche — VisualArtsDB

Vessel in Form of a Head Wearing a Bird Headdress

Vessel in Form of a Head Wearing a Bird Headdress

-100–500

Medium: Ceramic and pigment
Dimensions: 21.4 × 17.8 cm (8 7/16 × 7 in.)
Genre: earthenware
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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americasandeanearly intermediate periodvesselsearthenwarevesselceramicsmochicainorganic materialArts of the Americassouth americanPre-Columbianmocheandesart of the americasterracotta

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