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Corn stalk-shaped vessel

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Ceramic slip, Nasca artist(s)
Rights: Public Domain
The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Purchase Judith S. Randal Foundation Gift 1989
Title: Corn stalk-shaped vessel
Description:
Ceramic slip, Nasca artist(s).

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