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The Ilama ceramic style is characterized by the prevalence of modelling over surface decoration. This container is a typical vaso culebrero, a vessel in which arms and legs become serpents.  
 
   
 
Vessel
Pottery
1500 b.C. - 100 b.C.
Restrepo, Valle del Cauca
12 x 7,3 cm
   
 

    

 

 
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