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Cuchi Pilan (Anteater)
date
1992
artist
secondary
None
creation place
South America, Ecuador, Pastaza
medium & support
Stoneware with local earth pigments: black (manganese), red (iron), and white (kaolin)
measurements
15 x 10 x 11 in. (38.1 x 25.4 x 27.94 cm)
credit line
Gift of Joe and Mary Molinaro
accession number
2013.005.020
keywords
animal, anteater, container, culture, earth, effigy, mammal, materiality, nature, nourishment, nutrition, ornament, public, religion, rite, sculpture, society, South American, supernatural, vessel
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