Fish Effigy Vessel
Artist
Unknown Artist
Date1150-1450
MediumLight brown paste with burnished orange slip and decorated with red and black pigments.
DimensionsOverall: 9 × 7 × 6 in. (22.9 × 17.8 × 15.2 cm)
DescriptionThis complete vessel is typical among the polychromes found in the Casas Grandes tradition. The reason why it is not defined to a particular style is that it fuses characteristics of each of these traditions. Similar Casas Grandes culture pieces are found in Mexico in the state of Chihuahua.
Credit LineGift by Ulli and Carol Rath on behalf of the Rath family.
Object numberG14.10.5
Classifications
Ancient AmericasSub-classification
American SouthwestStatus
Not on view
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
1000-1470
Object number: G03.13.1
Artist / Maker: Clérissy Manufactory, Saint-Jean-du Désert, Marseille
late 17th-early 18th Century
Object number: G14.4.3
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
200-400.
Object number: G83.1.188
