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Collections

Plaque with Embracing Couple500 BCE–500 CE

Not on view
Small cream-colored stone relief sculpture of two simplified figures with rounded heads pressed together, arms intertwined, on an irregular fragment with a drilled hole at top

Unknown, Plaque with Embracing Couple, 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
Plaque with Embracing Couple
Culture
Tumaco-La Tolita
Place Made
Colombia or Ecuador, Tumaco-La Tolita
Date Made
500 BCE–500 CE
Medium
Earthenware
Dimensions
Height: 4 7/16 in. (11.27 cm); Width: 3 in. (7.62 cm); Depth: 1 in. (2.54 cm)
Credit Line
The Muñoz Kramer Collection, gift of Camilla Chandler Frost and Stephen and Claudia Muñoz-Kramer
Accession Number
M.2007.146.535
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas