Lidded Female Figure Burial Urn

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Lidded Female Figure Burial Urn

Colombia, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta (La Mesa Ceramic Style), 900–1600 CE
Ceramics
Ceramic
H: 33 1/2 in. (85 cm); D: 17 in. (43 cm)
The Muñoz Kramer Collection, gift of Stephen and Claudia Muñoz-Kramer and Camilla Chandler Frost (M.2007.146.653a-b)
Not currently on public view

Bibliography

  • Fields, Virginia M., and Victoria Lyall. "New Galleries for the Ancient Americas at LACMA." Tribal Art no.50 (2008): 74-79.
  • Burtenshaw, Julia, Héctor García Botero, Diana Magaloni, and María Alicia Uribe Villegas. The Portable Universe = El Universo en tus Manos: Thought and Splendor of Indigenous Colombia. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2022.