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Gourd-Shaped Vessel100–800 CE

Not on view
Terracotta ceramic vessel with a spherical body, narrow neck, and small twisted knob finial, decorated with geometric crosshatch and zigzag patterns in dark brown over the upper half
Ceramic vessel with a large globular body tapering to a narrow neck topped by a small bird-head spout. Upper body decorated with painted geometric patterns in terracotta—chevrons, crosshatched triangles, and horizontal bands. Lower body undecorated with dark, fire-clouded surface.
Ceramic vessel with a large spherical body and narrow neck topped by a small spout and projecting beak-like form. Painted decoration in red-orange on dark brown ground features geometric bands of crosshatching, diagonal lines, and triangular patterns around the upper body.
Ceramic vessel with a globular body and angled spout curving to one side, decorated with painted geometric patterns in terracotta red and dark brown, including diagonal lines, hatched triangles, and crosshatch bands encircling the upper body.
Title
Gourd-Shaped Vessel
Culture
Calima Yotoco
Place Made
Colombia, Nariño, Capuli
Date Made
100–800 CE
Style
Capuli
Medium
Resist-painted ceramic
Dimensions
Height: 10 3/8 in . (26.35 cm); Diameter: 8 in. (20.32 cm)
Credit Line
The Muñoz Kramer Collection, gift of Stephen and Claudia Muñoz-Kramer and Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number
M.2007.146.2
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas
Selected Bibliography
  • Fields, Virginia M., and Victoria Lyall. "New Galleries for the Ancient Americas at LACMA." Tribal Art no.50 (2008): 74-79.