Burial Urn
CulturePelaya Style
OriginLower Magdalena Valley, Columbia
Date1200-1500
MediumEarthenware with pigment
DimensionsOverall (G83.1.173a-b): 103.3 × 53.4 × 22.9 cm (40 11/16 × 21 × 9 in.)
DescriptionColumbian covered vessel, Rio de Magdalena, with a tall cylindrical body, moulded under the rim with three avials, each grasping a club in both talons. They have a long open beak and slit eyes, and are separated by lug handles. It is surmounted by a domed lid with a seated male figure, his hands placed on his raised knees. He has a large head with an incised mouth, bulging heavy-covered eyes, ridged ears, and short coiffure. Traces of buff and brown pigment.
Credit LineGift of George and Helen Gardiner
Object numberG83.1.173a-b
Classifications
Ancestral AbiayalaSub-classification
AndeanCollections
Status
Not on view
Artist / Maker: Zacatecas artist(s)
200-500 CE
Object number: G83.1.16.1-.2
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
ca.1729-1730
Object number: G83.1.660
Artist / Maker: Veracruz artist(s)
600-900
Object number: G83.1.80
Artist / Maker: Colima artist(s)
300 BCE - 300 CE
Object number: G83.1.30
Artist / Maker: Nicoya artist(s)
1200-1400
Object number: G83.1.147
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
April or May 1738
Object number: G83.1.910
