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Collections

Vessel Surmounted by Deer1250–1700 CE

On view: David Geffen GalleriesAncestral Ceramics from Panama and Colombia
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

Unknown, Vessel Surmounted by Deer, 600–1700 CE, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Muñoz Kramer Collection, gift of Camilla Chandler Frost and Stephen and Claudia Muñoz-Kramer, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

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.