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Tri-chambered fish vessel

Tlatilco, Central Mexico
Tri-chambered fish vessel
 Middle Formative 800 BCE-300 BCE

Medium
earthenware, pigment

Measurements
21.7 × 14.2 × 13.8 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented anonymously, 1980

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Tlatilco, Central Mexico, Mexico

Accession Number
PC28-1980

Department
Pre-Columbian Art

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Physical description
Three chambered effigy vessel of fish upended on tail fins.

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