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Double-Chambered Whistling Vessel1500 BCE–100 CE

Not on view
Mold-made terra-cotta stirrup-spout vessel in the form of a crouching animal with a pale slip headpiece, rounded double-chambered body, and short stubby legs
Title
Double-Chambered Whistling Vessel
Culture
Calima Ilama
Place Made
Colombia, Valle del Cauca, Calima
Date Made
1500 BCE–100 CE
Medium
Slip- and post-fire painted ceramic
Dimensions
4 1/2 × 9 in. (11.4 × 22.9 cm)
Credit Line
The Muñoz Kramer Collection, gift of Camilla Chandler Frost and Stephen and Claudia Muñoz-Kramer
Accession Number
M.2007.146.277
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.