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Duck-shaped Vessel

CultureColima
OriginColima, Mexico
PeriodLate to Terminal Formative period (300 BCE-300 CE)
Date300 BCE - 300 CE
MediumEarthenware, red slip, ochre slip, burnishing, and hand-built.
DimensionsOverall: 17.5 x 24.8 x 18.4 cm (6 7/8 x 9 3/4 x 7 1/4 in.)
DescriptionColima double duck-shaped vessel, Late Formative period, with conjoined rounded bodies, crested heads, incised pupils, and flattened lug tails. The vessel is painted in light brown and reddish-brown pigments.


Credit LineGift of George and Helen Gardiner
Object numberG83.1.33
Classifications
Ancient Americas
Sub-classification
Mesoamerica
Status
On view
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Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
1100-800 BCE
Object number: G83.1.4
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Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
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Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
300 BCE - 300 CE
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Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
300 BCE - 300 CE
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Standing Female Figure
1100-800 BCE
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'Baby-face' Figure
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
1100-800 BCE
Object number: G83.1.9
Multiple-face Jar
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
300 BCE - 300 CE
Object number: G83.1.39
Figural Group of a Mother and Child
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
300 BCE - 300 CE
Object number: G83.1.60
'Baby-face' Figure
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
1100-800 BCE
Object number: G83.1.10
Seated Figure
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
300 BCE - 300 CE
Object number: G83.1.35
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Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
300 BCE - 300 CE
Object number: G83.1.26
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Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
300 BCE - 300 CE
Object number: G83.1.32