About the Artwork
Fish Effigy Vessel
between 900 and 1470
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Precolumbian
Chimu
Clay
Overall: 5 × 4 1/8 × 11 1/2 inches (12.7 × 10.5 × 29.2 cm)
Ceramics
Indigenous Americas
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alger B. Scott
70.865
This work is in the public domain.
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Provenance
1970-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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“Family Art Game.” DIA Advertising Supplement, Detroit News, April 10, 1983, p. 23 (ill.).
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Chimu, Precolumbian, Fish Effigy Vessel, between 900 and 1470, clay. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alger B. Scott, 70.865.
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