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Model of a Tree-Climbing Ritual
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Nayarit
Ixtlán del Río, Nayarit, Mexico

Model of a Tree-Climbing Ritual, A.D. 100/800

Ceramic and pigment
H. 22.8 cm (9 in.)
Gift of Ethel and Julian R. Goldsmith, 1990.554.2

African and Amerindian Art
Gallery 136




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