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Collections

Double-spouted Vessel of Fantastic Mythical Being1500 BCE–100 CE

On view:
Geffen Galleries, Ancestral Ceramics from Panama and Colombia
Unglazed earthenware vessel shaped as a squat four-legged creature with an incised geometric surface, two angled spouts, and a loop handle
Ceramic effigy vessel in the form of a four-legged animal with a modeled head, loop handle, and lateral spout on top; earthenware body covered with incised geometric patterns including diagonal lines, crosshatching, and diamond shapes in reddish-brown tones.
Title
Double-spouted Vessel of Fantastic Mythical Being
Culture
Calima Ilama
Place Made
Colombia, Calima Region (Ilama Period)
Date Made
1500 BCE–100 CE
Medium
Earthenware
Dimensions
7 1/2 × 8 in. (19.1 × 20.3 cm)
Credit Line
The Muñoz Kramer Collection, gift of Camilla Chandler Frost and Stephen and Claudia Muñoz-Kramer
Accession Number
M.2007.146.335
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.