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Anthropo-zoomorphous alcarraza

Pacific Coast (Tumaco) - Inguapí Period-700/350

Museo del Oro, Bogotá

Museo del Oro, Bogotá
Bogota, Colombia

The concept of transformation, of fundamental importance in the cosmologies of contemporary American indigenous peoples, can be clearly seen in Tumaco art in the way human and animal features are combined. In this ceramic container and in many others, the feline is represented with threatening jaws for a mouth, with protruding fangs, but with human nose and ears.

Details

  • Title: Anthropo-zoomorphous alcarraza
  • Creator: Pacific Coast (Tumaco) - Inguapí Period
  • Creator Lifespan: -686/350
  • Creator Nationality: Colombia
  • Creator Death Place: Colombia
  • Creator Birth Place: Colombia
  • Date: -700/350
  • Physical Dimensions: w300 x h168 mm
  • Type: Ceramic
  • External Link: People and Gold in Pre-Hispanic Colombia
  • Technique: Modeled in clay and painted
  • Finding: Colombia
  • Accession number: C02702

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