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Collections

Footed Bowl with Pairs of Monkeys and Star Motifs1000–1300

On view:
Geffen Galleries, Ancestral Ceramics from Panama and Colombia
Ceramic bowl viewed from above, dark brown slip interior decorated with cream and terracotta geometric lattice patterns and paired stylized figural motifs
Title
Footed Bowl with Pairs of Monkeys and Star Motifs
Culture
Nariño or Carchi
Place Made
Colombia, Nariño Highlands
Date Made
1000–1300
Style
Piartal
Medium
Earthenware with resist-painted slip
Dimensions
H: 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm); D: 8 1/16 in. (20.5 cm)
Credit Line
The Muñoz Kramer Collection, gift of Camilla Chandler Frost and Stephen and Claudia Muñoz-Kramer
Accession Number
M.2007.146.4
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas
Selected 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.