Duck-shaped Vessel

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

Ancestral Abiayala

Sub-classification

Mesoamerica

Collections

Status

Not on view

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