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Double-spouted Vessel of Zoomorphic Being100 BCE–800 CE

On view:
Geffen Galleries, Ancestral Ceramics from Panama and Colombia
Unglazed terracotta stirrup-spout vessel modeled as a seated figure with a spherical body, low-relief face, stubby limbs, and three pointed feet
Ceramic effigy vessel with a globular body in reddish-brown slip, modeled in the form of a crouching figure with sculpted limbs, a bird-like head at the side, and a stirrup spout rising from the top.
Title
Double-spouted Vessel of Zoomorphic Being
Culture
Calima Yotoco
Place Made
Colombia, Calima Region (Yotoco Period)
Date Made
100 BCE–800 CE
Medium
Earthenware with resist-painted slip
Dimensions
7 1/4 × 5 7/8 in. (18.4 × 15 cm)
Credit Line
The Muñoz Kramer Collection, gift of Camilla Chandler Frost and Stephen and Claudia Muñoz-Kramer
Accession Number
M.2007.146.336
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.