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Collections

Jar with Monkey Guardians600–1700 CE

On view:
Geffen Galleries, Ancestral Ceramics from Panama and Colombia
Unglazed ceramic vessel with a bulbous body, incised diamond and crosshatch pattern, and two small figural sculptures gripping the rim
Ceramic vessel with globular body in muted reddish-brown and dark gray tones, decorated with an incised crosshatch diamond pattern; two small modeled figural forms perch on opposite sides of the wide, flat rim.
Title
Jar with Monkey Guardians
Culture
Nariño or Carchi
Place Made
Colombia, Nariño Highlands
Date Made
600–1700 CE
Style
Capuli
Medium
Ceramic with incised design
Dimensions
5 × 6 in. (12.7 × 15.24 cm)
Credit Line
The Muñoz Kramer Collection, gift of Camilla Chandler Frost and Stephen and Claudia Muñoz-Kramer
Accession Number
M.2007.146.67
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.