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Collections

Figural Burial Urn900–1600 CE

On view: David Geffen GalleriesAncestral Ceramics from Panama and Colombia
Large unglazed terracotta vessel with a domed human-face lid, applied rope-like cord, small modeled hands and arms, and paired cylindrical legs on the lower body
Terracotta lidded vessel with a rounded body and domed lid, the lid modeled with a schematic human face and small flanking figures; the body features applied arms with banded bracelets, hands clasping a rope-like necklace, and a small navel, suggesting an anthropomorphic form.

Unknown, Lidded Female Figure Burial Urn, 900–1600 CE, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Muñoz Kramer Collection, gift of Stephen and Claudia Muñoz-Kramer and Camilla Chandler Frost, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Figural Burial Urn
Culture
Tairona Chimila
Place Made
Colombia, Tairona, Chimila
Date Made
900–1600 CE
Style
Chimila
Medium
Earthenware
Dimensions
H: 33 1/2 in. (85 cm); D: 17 in. (43 cm)
Credit Line
The Muñoz Kramer Collection, gift of Stephen and Claudia Muñoz-Kramer and Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number
M.2007.146.653a-b
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas
Selected Bibliography
  • Fields, Virginia M., and Victoria Lyall. "New Galleries for the Ancient Americas at LACMA." Tribal Art no.50 (2008): 74-79.
  • 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.