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Collections

Grater with Handle in the Form of a Male Head500 BCE–500 CE

Not on view
Terracotta sculpture with a simple human head atop a large teardrop-shaped body covered in dense rows of circular stamped impressions

Unknown, Grater with Handle in the Form of a Male Head, 500 BCE–500 CE (alternate view), 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
Grater with Handle in the Form of a Male Head
Culture
Tumaco-La Tolita
Place Made
Colombia, Tumaco-La Tolita
Date Made
500 BCE–500 CE
Medium
Ceramic
Dimensions
1 7/8 × 3 3/8 × 8 5/8 in. (4.76 × 8.57 × 21.91 cm)
Credit Line
The Muñoz Kramer Collection, gift of Camilla Chandler Frost and Stephen and Claudia Muñoz-Kramer
Accession Number
M.2007.146.578
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas