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Collections

Spiked Shell Ocarina Pendant1250–1600 CE

On view:
Geffen Galleries, Ancestral Ceramics from Panama and Colombia
Dark gray ceramic vessel molded into a rounded, spiky form with irregular knobs and tooth-like projections ringing the upper edge, two small pierced holes visible on the sides
Dark stone or ceramic vessel with an ovoid form, covered in pointed spikes and rounded knobs, with a single oval opening on the front face; matte dark gray-brown surface with pale mineral inclusions.
Stone or ceramic object with rounded, flattened form, covered in irregular pointed projections and raised knobs; dark gray-brown surface with weathered texture and a single oval opening on the front face.
Title
Spiked Shell Ocarina Pendant
Culture
Nariño or Carchi
Place Made
Colombia, Nariño, Tuza
Date Made
1250–1600 CE
Style
Tuza
Medium
Slip-painted earthenware
Dimensions
3 1/2 × 4 × 3 1/2 in. (8.9 × 10.2 × 8.9 cm)
Credit Line
The Muñoz Kramer Collection, gift of Camilla Chandler Frost and Stephen and Claudia Muñoz-Kramer
Accession Number
M.2007.146.139
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.