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"Gritón" Figure Jar with incised designs750–1600 CE

Not on view
Ceramic vessel with squat, rounded form, wide mouth, molded bird-like face in relief near the rim, and painted rust-red diamond pattern across the body
Title
"Gritón" Figure Jar with incised designs
Culture
Nariño or Carchi
Place Made
Colombia, Nariño, Capuli style
Date Made
750–1600 CE
Style
Capuli
Medium
Slip-painted ceramic
Dimensions
Height: 3.25 x Diameter: 4.75
Credit Line
The Muñoz Kramer Collection, gift of Camilla Chandler Frost and Stephen and Claudia Muñoz-Kramer
Accession Number
M.2007.146.71
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas
Selected Bibliography
  • Blondet, José Luis. Six Scripts for Not I: Throwing Voices (1500 BCE-2020 CE). Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2020.