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Object Number 2004.24.28558
Display Title Pottery in shape of human head
Descriptions
Department Photographic
Date 1979
Artist Hillel S. Burger
Culture
  • Moche
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / La Libertad Region
Additional Geographic Terms Viru River Valley; Chicama River Valley
Dimensions Overall: 10.16 x 12.7 cm (4 x 5 in.)

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