Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; purchased by MAI in 1968 from Arts of the Four Quarters, a New York City gallery owned and operated by Alan C. Lapiner (1933-1975).
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- probably Inka (Inca) (archaeological) (attributed)
- Previous owner
- Arts of the Four Quarters
- Seller
- Arts of the Four Quarters
- Seller agent
- Alan C. Lapiner (Alan Charles Lapiner), Non-Indian, 1933-1975
- Date created
- AD 1450–1540 (Late Horizon period)
- Object Name
- Vessel representing terraced agricultural fields
- Media/Materials
- Pottery, paint
- Techniques
- Slab built, modeled, painted
- Dimensions
- 31 x 18 x 26 cm
- Object Type
- Containers and Vessels
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