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Double shell cup decorated with vine scroll and putti

Metalwork Vessel
ca. 30 BCE-100 CE Roman period
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Spouted vessel with lynx protome

Spouted vessel with lynx protome

Metalwork Vessel
1st century BCE-1st century CE Parthian period
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Basket

Basket

Containers and Vessels
circa 1920
National Museum of the American Indian
attributed to Lena Frank Dick
Bowl in the form of a seal

Bowl in the form of a seal

Containers and Vessels
1965
National Museum of the American Indian
Don Morse Smith (Lelooska)
Bowl

Bowl

Containers and Vessels
November 1992
National Museum of the American Indian
Barbara Cerno (Barbara Hayah Cerno)
Parfleche case

Parfleche case

Containers and Vessels
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Bowl/Dish

Bowl/Dish

Containers and Vessels
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Basket with cover

Basket with cover

Containers and Vessels
1991
National Museum of the American Indian
Theresa Neptune Gardner
Basket with cover

Basket with cover

Containers and Vessels
circa 1935
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Basket bowl

Basket bowl

Containers and Vessels
1970-1971
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Josephine Harrison
Basket bowl

Basket bowl

Containers and Vessels
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Basket bowl

Basket bowl

Containers and Vessels
National Museum of the American Indian
Bowl

Bowl

Containers and Vessels
1971-1972
National Museum of the American Indian
Bowl

Bowl

Containers and Vessels
1930-1950
National Museum of the American Indian
Vessel fragment/Potsherd with jaguar effigy

Vessel fragment/Potsherd with jaguar effigy

Containers and Vessels
probably AD 900-1521
National Museum of the American Indian

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