Drinking Bowl (Mucawa) in the Shape of Half of a Calabash, with Anaconda and Turtle Motifs

INV-2562

1986

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Date

1986

Medium

Ceramic, pigment, and shinquillu lacquer, possibly from the Brazilian Elemi (Protium heptophyllum)

Dimensions

1316 × 18.4 cm (3 × 7 1/4 in.)

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Location

Chicago, IL

Credit

Arnold H. Crane Endowment Fund

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