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Collections

Model of Shell600–1700 CE

On view:
Geffen Galleries, Ancestral Ceramics from Panama and Colombia
Sculpture of a conch shell in brown-toned material with diagonal ribbed surface texture, resting horizontally with spiral tip extending to the right
Large conch shell trumpet, brown with dark spiral ridges, shown in profile with the aperture facing left; a small hole is visible near the pointed lip, and a museum accession number is inscribed on the body.
Bronze sculpture in the form of a coiled gastropod shell, viewed from above, with concentric ridged rings spiraling inward to a central point, warm brown patinated surface with aged texture.
Title
Model of Shell
Culture
Nariño or Carchi
Place Made
Colombia, Nariño Highlands
Date Made
600–1700 CE
Style
Tuza
Medium
Slip-painted earthenware
Dimensions
3 3/4 × 8 1/2 in. (9.5 × 21.6 cm)
Credit Line
The Muñoz Kramer Collection, gift of Camilla Chandler Frost and Stephen and Claudia Muñoz-Kramer
Accession Number
M.2007.146.141
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.