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Collections

Canastero (Basket-Carrier) with Body Ornamentation1500 BCE–100 CE

On view:
Geffen Galleries, Ancestral Ceramics from Panama and Colombia
Unglazed reddish-brown ceramic vessel in the form of a seated cross-legged figure with raised arms, incised geometric body decoration, open mouth, and a cylindrical vessel opening rising from behind the head
Stone sculpture, close-up of a reclining figure with head tilted back and mouth open, wearing an elaborate feathered headdress with incised linear texture; traces of red pigment on weathered gray stone surface.
Title
Canastero (Basket-Carrier) with Body Ornamentation
Culture
Calima Ilama
Place Made
Colombia, Calima Region (Ilama Period)
Date Made
1500 BCE–100 CE
Medium
Slip-painted earthenware
Dimensions
9 3/4 × 7 in. (24.8 × 17.8 cm)
Credit Line
The Muñoz Kramer Collection, gift of Stephen and Claudia Muñoz-Kramer and Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number
M.2007.146.363
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.