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Collections

Tomb Guardian with Rattling Elements700–1600 CE

On view:
Geffen Galleries, Ancestral Ceramics from Panama and Colombia
Terracotta figure vessel with cylindrical body, wide flat headdress, outstretched arms, and squatting legs, decorated with painted geometric patterns
Ceramic figure vessel with a cylindrical body, modeled arms raised and legs outstretched, warm tan clay with painted blue geometric bands across the face; a wide, flat headdress with comb-like projections and perforations extends horizontally above the head.
Title
Tomb Guardian with Rattling Elements
Culture
Middle Cauca
Place Made
Colombia, Middle Cauca Valley (Late Period)
Date Made
700–1600 CE
Style
Caldas
Medium
Resist-painted ceramic
Dimensions
10 1/8 × 9 1/4 × 4 3/4 in. (25.7 × 23.5 × 12.1 cm)
Credit Line
The Muñoz Kramer Collection, gift of Camilla Chandler Frost and Stephen and Claudia Muñoz-Kramer
Accession Number
M.2007.146.5
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.