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Collections

Vessel with Upturned Crocodilian Head900–1600

On view:
David Geffen Galleries, Ancestral Ceramics from Panama and Colombia
Unglazed gray ceramic vessel with a wide flat body on a pedestal foot, featuring a tall central trumpet spout, a smaller side spout, and a zoomorphic animal-head spout
Title
Vessel with Upturned Crocodilian Head
Culture
Tairona
Place Made
Colombia, Tairona
Date Made
900–1600
Medium
Slip-painted earthenware
Dimensions
9 1/2 × 10 3/8 in. (24.13 × 26.42 cm)
Credit Line
The Muñoz Kramer Collection, gift of Camilla Chandler Frost and Stephen and Claudia Muñoz-Kramer
Accession Number
M.2007.146.426
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas