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Cylinder bowl

Nayarit, West Mexico
Cylinder bowl
 100 BCE-250 CE

Medium
earthenware

Measurements
13.7 × 17.4 cm diameter

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented through the NGV Foundation by Todd Barlin, Governor, 2004

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Nayarit, West Mexico, Mexico

Accession Number
2004.326

Department
Pre-Columbian Art

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Physical description
This well made cylinder pot has a slightly flaring rim. The entire vessel is covered in a variegated red-orange slip, which bears parrallel wavy lines in black over the entire outside surface.

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