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Oval Flute Painted with Serpent and Abstract Star Motifs by Nasca — VisualArtsDB

Oval Flute Painted with Serpent and Abstract Star Motifs

Oval Flute Painted with Serpent and Abstract Star Motifs

-180–500

Medium: Ceramic and pigment
Dimensions: 8.9 × 7.1 cm (3 1/2 × 2 13/16 in.)
Genre: earthenware
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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paintamericasandeanearly intermediate periodvesselsearthenwarevesselnazcaceramicsmusical instrumentinorganic materialArts of the AmericasPre-Columbianandescoating (material)ceramicart of the americas

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