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Blackware Vessel with Relief Depicting a Scene of Human Sacrifice by Moche — VisualArtsDB

Blackware Vessel with Relief Depicting a Scene of Human Sacrifice

Blackware Vessel with Relief Depicting a Scene of Human Sacrifice

-100–500

Medium: Ceramic
Dimensions: 22.9 × 21.6 cm (9 × 8 1/2 in.)
Genre: blackware (black basaltes)
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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americasandeanearly intermediate periodvesselsearthenwarevesselceramicsmochicainorganic materialArts of the Americassouth americanPre-Columbianmocheblackware (black basaltes)andesceramicart of the americas

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