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Vessel in the Form of a Deer Impersonator by Moche — VisualArtsDB

Vessel in the Form of a Deer Impersonator

Vessel in the Form of a Deer Impersonator

-100–500

Medium: Ceramic and pigment
Dimensions: 27.6 × 8 × 24 cm (10 7/8 × 3 3/16 × 9 1/2 in.)
Genre: earthenware
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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paintamericasmodeling (forming)andeanearly intermediate periodvesselsearthenwarevesselanimalspainting (image making)ritualsceramicsmochicainorganic materialmochica vArts of the Americassouth americanritual sacrificesPre-Columbianmocheandescoating (material)ceramicsacrificeart of the americas

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