Ocarina of Seated Chief with Extended Tongue

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Ocarina of Seated Chief with Extended Tongue

Colombia, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta (Tairona Period), Tairona, 900–1600 CE
Ceramics
Ceramic
3 1/2 × 3 3/8 × 1 3/4 in. (8.9 × 8.6 × 4.5 cm)
The Muñoz Kramer Collection, gift of Jorge G. and Nelly de Muñoz and Camilla Chandler Frost (M.2007.146.448)
Not currently on public view

Bibliography

  • 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.