Blackware and Drinking Ware Bowl (Mucawa) with Iguana and Turtle Motifs

INV-2562

2002

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Date

2002

Medium

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

Dimensions

10.2 × 21.6 cm (4 × 8 1/2 in.)

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Location

Chicago, IL

Credit

Arnold H. Crane Endowment Fund

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