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Peruvian Pottery
Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum of the National Archives and Records Administration
U.S. National Archives
United States
One of twenty-five selected specimens of pre-Columbian Peruvian polychrome pottery from the Museum of Anthropology in Lima, Julio C. Tello, Director. Bowl made of clay with the image of two figures, one larger and more prominent, the other with its eyes closed, decorating the outside of the bowl. Presented to FDR by His Excellency Manuel Prado, President of the Republic of Peru, on the occasion of his visit to the United States in 1942. FDR Library Museum Collection, MO 1942.348.77.
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- Title: Peruvian Pottery
- Creator: Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum of the National Archives and Records Administration
- Location: Peru
- Physical Dimensions: Bowl made of clay. Dimensions overall: 3 5/8" h x 6 1/8" diameter.
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