File:Tairona - Small Footed Bowl with Tiger Head Handles - Walters 482783 - Profile.jpg
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Small Footed Bowl with Tiger Head Handles ( ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Artist |
Anonymous (Tayrona)Unknown author |
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Title |
Small Footed Bowl with Tiger Head Handles |
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Description |
English: This miniature vessel consists of a small chamber atop four peg feet. Knobs on opposite sides are zoomorphic heads, likely either feline or saurian. The incised ornamentation of the vessel body consists of a percentage-sign-like motif, framed by fine impressed chevron banding motifs also seen in Tairona gold work. This decorative pattern, paired with heads facing opposite directions, is a fairly common motif in late Tairona art. It has been interpreted as a canoe, reflecting the importance of maritime trade among the Caribbean islands and potentially symbolizing a comparable 'mobility' through supernatural realms. As such, it is likely this small vessel was used to hold a hallucinogenic substance, likely in a powdered form. |
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Date |
between 1000 and 1500 date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1000-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 (Pre-Colombian) |
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Medium |
earthenware medium QS:P186,Q1377111 |
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Dimensions | 5 × 10.1 cm (2 × 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q210081 |
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Accession number |
48.2783 |
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Place of creation | northeast Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in Colombia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Object history |
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Credit line | Gift of the Austen-Stokes Ancient Americas Foundation, 2007 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Source | Walters Art Museum: Home page Info about artwork | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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