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Vessel Surmounted by Deer1250–1700 CE

On view:
Geffen Galleries
Unglazed ceramic vessel with a nearly spherical body and short neck, reddish-brown clay with dark lower body, a small modeled animal figure straddling the rim
Title
Vessel Surmounted by Deer
Culture
Nariño or Carchi
Place Made
Colombia, Nariño Highlands
Date Made
1250–1700 CE
Style
Tuza
Medium
Slip-painted ceramic
Dimensions
H: 4 in. (10.2 cm); D: 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm)
Credit Line
The Muñoz Kramer Collection, gift of Camilla Chandler Frost and Stephen and Claudia Muñoz-Kramer
Accession Number
M.2007.146.79
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.