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Bird Head Vessel200 BCE–500 CE

Not on view
Small terracotta ceramic vessel modeled as an animal head with a long tapering snout, burnished red-brown slip, and a notched ridge along the top of the skull

Unknown, Bird Head Vessel, 200 BCE–500 CE, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Proctor Stafford Collection, purchased with funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. Allan C. Balch, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Bird Head Vessel
Culture
Colima
Place Made
Mexico, Colima
Date Made
200 BCE–500 CE
Medium
Burnished ceramic with slip and incised decoration
Dimensions
4 1/2 x 3 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. (11.43 x 8.89 x 19.05 cm)
Credit Line
The Proctor Stafford Collection, purchased with funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. Allan C. Balch
Accession Number
M.86.296.173
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas
Selected Bibliography
  • Kan, Michael, Meighan, Clement, Nicholson, H.B. and Rexford Stead. Sculpture of Ancient West Mexico: Nayarit, Jalisco, Colima. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1970.