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Lidded Human Figure Burial Urn900–1600 CE

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Unglazed ceramic funerary urn shaped as a human figure, with a domed head-lid bearing a simple face, coiled ear ornaments, and applied clay bands and nubs across a large rounded body
Large ceramic funerary urn with a rounded body and domed lid modeled as a human face with applied facial features and ear ornaments. Incised geometric band encircles the neck; applied relief arms, hands, and small subsidiary figures decorate the front. Earthenware with mottled reddish-brown and dark gray surface.
Ceramic funerary urn with a rounded ovoid body and a domed lid modeled as a stylized human head with incised facial features. Applied relief bands with notched decoration encircle the neck and lower body; small modeled arms, legs, and ear ornaments project from the burnished red and dark gray surface.
Title
Lidded Human Figure Burial Urn
Culture
Tairona
Place Made
Colombia, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta (La Mesa Ceramic Style)
Date Made
900–1600 CE
Medium
Earthenware
Dimensions
H: 24 1/4 in. (61.6 cm); D: 15 1/2 in.
Credit Line
The Muñoz Kramer Collection, gift of Camilla Chandler Frost and Stephen and Claudia Muñoz-Kramer
Accession Number
M.2007.146.654a-b
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.