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Object Number 2004.24.15808
Display Title Crested dragon motive on a vase
Descriptions
Object Description Created dragon motive on a vase. Peru, Chicama. Taken by F.P. Orchard. From Tello, Julio C., Wira Kocha, fig. 48. p. 247. In Inca, vol. 1, 1923. Fig: Memoirs, vol. VII, fig. 89, c, p. 118.
Subject
  • Dragon
  • Vase
  • Design
  • Vessel
  • Motive
Department Photographic
Artist Frederick P. Orchard
Culture
  • Inca?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / La Libertad Region
Additional Geographic Terms Chicama River Valley
Dimensions Overall: 12.7 x 8.89 cm (5 x 3 1/2 in.)

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