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Collections

Bird Ocarina900–1600 CE

On view:
Geffen Galleries, Ancestral Ceramics from Panama and Colombia
Ceramic object with two nested crescent forms and a small sculptural bird or animal figure on top, unglazed sandy clay with mottled gray-brown surface and incised decoration
Ceramic vessel with a symmetrical crescent-shaped body flanked by two curved lobes, each decorated with concentric incised circles. A textured, scaled finial rises from the center top above a collar with incised geometric patterns. A small slot opening at the front center; warm tan and gray earthenware surface with mottled aging.
Title
Bird Ocarina
Culture
Tairona
Place Made
Colombia, Tairona
Date Made
900–1600 CE
Medium
Earthenware
Dimensions
2 1/2 × 4 × 3 1/2 in. (6.4 × 10.2 × 8.9 cm)
Credit Line
The Muñoz Kramer Collection, gift of Camilla Chandler Frost and Stephen and Claudia Muñoz-Kramer
Accession Number
M.2007.146.452
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.