https://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/10652/fullDog effigy vessel300 BCE - 300 CEColima artist(s)Overall: 26.7 x 40.7 x 19 cm (10 1/2 x 16 x 7 1/2 in.)Earthenware with slipGift of George and Helen GardinerOrigin: Colima, MexicoG83.1.401This Colima dog-form effigy vessel, is a Xoloitzcuintli, a hairless dog. Late Formative period, standing on four legs with a low lying middle, with the tail extended in the air. The vessel is painted with a red-brown pigment.MesoamericaCeramics from Ancestral Abiayala[]Ancestral AbiayalaMesoamerica183424519ColimaLate to Terminal Formative period (300 BCE-300 CE)