Vessel with Oculate Being

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CultureParacas

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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

Not on view

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas

Object Type

CERAMICS

ProvenancePrivate collection, USA; [The Merrin Gallery, Inc., New York, until 2005]; purchased by MFAH, 2005.

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