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Bowl with Eight-armed Star and Stylized Bird Pairs

Bowl with Eight-armed Star and Stylized Bird Pairs

Culture: Tuza culture, Colombia

Date: AD 1250 - 1500
Medium: slipped earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 7/8 x 7 in. (9.8 x 17.8 cm)
Credit Line:Gift, Luther W. Brady, M.D.
Object number: 2006.16.15
Sometimes Tuza compositions are executed in a single color on a typical light-cream slip.  The reduction of the birds to abstract concentric circular eyes and wingspreads gives the design a strikingly contemporary look. 
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