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Art of the Ancient Americas
Public domain
Maker: Unknown

Bowl with star motif and other abstract designs

1500–900 B.C.

Black slipped ceramic

6.033 × 10.16 cm (2 3/8 × 4 in.)
Gift of Peter David Joralemon, B.A. 1969, M.Phil 1974
2008.215.39
Status: 
By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Culture: 
Olmec
Period: 
Early Formative Period
Classification: 
Containers - Ceramics
Bibliography: 

“Acquisitions 2009,” Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2009): 144.

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