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Fragment from a Blackware Vessel in the Form of a Crested Bird Head by Chimú — VisualArtsDB

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Fragment from a Blackware Vessel in the Form of a Crested Bird Head

Fragment from a Blackware Vessel in the Form of a Crested Bird Head

Fragment from a Blackware Vessel in the Form of a Crested Bird Head

1000–1400

Medium: Ceramic and pigment
Dimensions: 5.4 × 7.5 cm (2 1/8 × 2 15/16 in.)
Genre: Blackware (black basaltes)
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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americasandeanvesselsearthenwarevesselceramicsinorganic materialchimúArts of the AmericasfragmentPre-Columbianblackware (black basaltes)andeslate intermediate periodceramicart of the americas

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