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	Type of Object:	Ceramic vessels
	Materials:	ceramic
	Measurements:	about 15 cm.
	Date or Period:	400 AD - 1250 AD
	Maker:	Nariño
	Designated List Section:	I. D. 4. f. xiv.
	Date of Import Restriction:	March 17, 2006
	Photograph	Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia
	Copyright:	Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia
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Description of Designated List Category Subject to Import Restrictions
The Piartal-Tuza pottery is characterized by having red, orange and/or black on brown paint decoration with many stylized representations of fauna, anthropomorphous figures or geometric designs. Example: Globular vessels, short-necked, everted border, wide-mouthed (Height: 15 cm., Diameter: 17 cm.); the globular, keel-shaped or lentil-shaped vessels are very short-necked, and have a slightly everted or straight border. (Height: 7 cm., Diameter: 10 cm.) These Vessels also come with tripod-shaped support, or low ring-shaped support, sometimes with a flange in the center of the vessel.