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

Fragment from a Blackware Vessel in the Form of a Puma Head

Fragment from a Blackware Vessel in the Form of a Puma Head

1000–1400

Medium: Ceramic and pigment
Dimensions: 6.4 × 4.5 × 4.1 cm (2 1/2 × 1 3/4 × 1 5/8 in.)
Genre: blackware (black basaltes)
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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

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