Vessel with Oculate Being

Vessel with Oculate Being

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Vessel with Oculate Being
CultureParacas
Titles
  • Vessel with Oculate Being
Date900–200 BC
PlaceParacas, Peru
MediumEarthenware with polychrome resin paint
Dimensions4 3/8 × 5 dia. in. (11.1 × 12.7 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Susan and Mac Dunwoody in honor of Judy and Charles Tate at "One Great Night in November, 2005"
Object number2005.1069
Non exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas
Object Type
ProvenancePrivate collection, USA; [The Merrin Gallery, Inc., New York, until 2005]; purchased by MFAH, 2005.

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