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Animal Effigy Vessel

Animal Effigy Vessel, between 1000 and 1470

  • Chancay, Precolumbian

Clay

  • Overall: 8 × 3 3/4 × 10 inches (20.3 × 9.5 × 25.4 cm)

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alger B. Scott

70.888

Department

Africa, Oceania & Indigenous Americas

Details

1970-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Chancay, Precolumbian, Animal Effigy Vessel, between 1000 and 1470, clay. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alger B. Scott, 70.888.

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