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Owl-Being Vessel with Double Spout100 BCE–500 CE

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Terracotta ceramic stirrup-spout vessel modeled as a squat standing figure with a rounded body, incised notched decoration, large flat ears, and a looped handle at the top
Ceramic vessel in the form of a bird with a rounded body, upturned spout neck, incised zigzag pattern along the body, and splayed tail and wing forms; earthenware with reddish-brown and gray slip surface.
Title
Owl-Being Vessel with Double Spout
Culture
Malagana
Place Made
Colombia, Malagana Region (Malagana Period)
Date Made
100 BCE–500 CE
Medium
Slip-painted ceramic
Dimensions
7 × 4 1/4 in. (17.78 × 10.8 cm)
Credit Line
The Muñoz Kramer Collection, gift of Camilla Chandler Frost and Stephen and Claudia Muñoz-Kramer
Accession Number
M.2007.146.337
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.