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Collections

Ocarina of Seated Chief with Extended Tongue900–1600 CE

On view:
Geffen Galleries, Ancestral Ceramics from Panama and Colombia
Ceramic pre-Columbian vessel with molded frontal figure wearing an elaborate headdress, flanked by symmetrical serpentine scroll forms, in gray-tan clay
Ceramic vessel with rounded lower body and a broad, rounded upper form flanked by two lateral projections with notched ends; a small rectangular opening at center; dark gray-brown unglazed surface with mottled weathering.
Title
Ocarina of Seated Chief with Extended Tongue
Culture
Tairona
Place Made
Colombia, Tairona
Date Made
900–1600 CE
Medium
Slip-painted earthenware
Dimensions
3 1/2 × 3 3/8 × 1 3/4 in. (8.9 × 8.6 × 4.5 cm)
Credit Line
The Muñoz Kramer Collection, gift of Jorge G. and Nelly de Muñoz and Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number
M.2007.146.448
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.