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Collections

Shark500 BCE–500 CE

On view:
Geffen Galleries, Pacific Connections in the Ancient Americas
Ceramic fish sculpture with terracotta-red and gray-green patina, elongated body with three dorsal fins, wide blunt snout, and row of white teeth along the lower jaw
Ceramic figure of a fish-like creature with a canine or feline snout, open mouth with visible teeth, dorsal and tail fins, and oval body markings; terracotta surface with remnants of blue-green pigment.
Title
Shark
Culture
Tumaco-La Tolita
Place Made
Colombia and Ecuador, Pacific Coast (Tumaco-La Tolita Tradition)
Date Made
500 BCE–500 CE
Medium
Earthenware with post-fire paint
Dimensions
3 1/4 × 7 3/4 in. (8.3 × 19.7 cm)
Credit Line
The Muñoz Kramer Collection, gift of Camilla Chandler Frost and Stephen and Claudia Muñoz-Kramer
Accession Number
M.2007.146.529
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.