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Bird Effigy500–800 CE

Not on view
Ceramic bird-effigy vessel with globular cream-tan body, sculpted hooked beak and tail handle in dark reddish-brown, and painted feather motif on the lower body

Unknown, Bird Effigy, 500–800 CE, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Drs. Alan Grinnell and Feelie Lee, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Bird Effigy
Culture
Greater Coclé
Place Made
Panama, Veraguas Province
Date Made
500–800 CE
Medium
Slip-painted ceramic
Dimensions
Height: 7 in. (17.8 cm); Diameter: 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Drs. Alan Grinnell and Feelie Lee
Accession Number
M.2001.168.6
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas