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Hexagonal Bowl Depicting a Composite Caiman Creature800–1600 CE

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Unglazed earthenware vessel seen from above, with angled walls, shallow interior basin, and relief-carved zoomorphic motifs, small modeled faces, and a tall stepped architectural element at one corner
Ceramic vessel with open rectangular basin, gray-brown earthenware with molded figural and geometric relief decoration on exterior walls; a sculptural head with headdress projects from one end, and a large stepped architectural element rises from the opposite corner, with small applied pellets and incised scrollwork along the sides.
Title
Hexagonal Bowl Depicting a Composite Caiman Creature
Culture
Tairona
Place Made
Colombia, Tairona, Malamboid
Date Made
800–1600 CE
Medium
Ceramic
Dimensions
5 1/8 × 13 1/2 × 15 in. (13.02 × 34.29 × 38.1 cm)
Credit Line
The Muñoz Kramer Collection, gift of Camilla Chandler Frost and Stephen and Claudia Muñoz-Kramer
Accession Number
M.2007.146.12
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas

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