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Jar in Form of a Human Head with Large Cheeks by Moche — VisualArtsDB

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Jar in Form of a Human Head with Large Cheeks

Jar in Form of a Human Head with Large Cheeks

Jar in Form of a Human Head with Large Cheeks

-100–500

Medium: Ceramic and pigment
Dimensions: 20.6 × 14 cm (8 1/16 × 5 1/2 in.)
Genre: Earthenware
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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

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