Head Fragment500 BCE–500 CE

Not on view

Stone sculpture of a human head with a tall conical cap, broad flat face, open mouth with carved teeth, and weathered gray limestone surface

Unknown, Head Fragment, 500 BCE–500 CE, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Muñoz Kramer Collection, gift of Camilla Chandler Frost and Stephen and Claudia Muñoz-Kramer, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title: Head Fragment
Culture: Tumaco-La Tolita
Place Made: Colombia and Ecuador, Pacific Coast (Tumaco-La Tolita Tradition)
Date Made: 500 BCE–500 CE
Medium: Ceramic
Dimensions: 5 1/4 × 3 1/2 in. (13.34 × 8.89 cm)
Credit Line: The Muñoz Kramer Collection, gift of Camilla Chandler Frost and Stephen and Claudia Muñoz-Kramer
Accession Number: M.2007.146.525
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.

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Head Fragment500 BCE–500 CE

Not on view

Unknown, Head Fragment, 500 BCE–500 CE, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Muñoz Kramer Collection, gift of Camilla Chandler Frost and Stephen and Claudia Muñoz-Kramer, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title: Head Fragment
Culture: Tumaco-La Tolita
Place Made: Colombia and Ecuador, Pacific Coast (Tumaco-La Tolita Tradition)
Date Made: 500 BCE–500 CE
Medium: Ceramic
Dimensions: 5 1/4 × 3 1/2 in. (13.34 × 8.89 cm)
Credit Line: The Muñoz Kramer Collection, gift of Camilla Chandler Frost and Stephen and Claudia Muñoz-Kramer
Accession Number: M.2007.146.525
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.