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Collections

Plate with Smiling Serpentine Being650–900 CE

On view:
Geffen Galleries, Ancestral Ceramics from Panama and Colombia
Ceramic plate with wide shallow form, cream interior painted with a coiling terracotta red serpent or hybrid creature with a mask-like head, jagged teeth, and spine-like projections in dark brown-black
Title
Plate with Smiling Serpentine Being
Culture
Greater Coclé
Place Made
Panama, Coclé Province
Date Made
650–900 CE
Style
Conte
Medium
Slip-painted earthenware
Dimensions
Overall (Diameter): 2 5/8 × 12 1/8 in. (6.67 × 30.8 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Alan Grinnell and Feelie Lee
Accession Number
M.2024.204.6
Classification
Furnishings
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas