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Single Spout Blackware Vessel in the Form of a Crayfish by Chimú — VisualArtsDB

Single Spout Blackware Vessel in the Form of a Crayfish

Single Spout Blackware Vessel in the Form of a Crayfish

1000–1400

Medium: Ceramic and pigment
Dimensions: H.: 16 cm (6 15/16 in.)
Genre: blackware (black basaltes)
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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

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