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Offering vessel in the shape of a house
Pacific Coast (Tumaco) - Inguapí Period-700/350
Museo del Oro, Bogotá
Bogota, Colombia
As we sometimes find in the art of the twentieth century, it is difficult to tell what this fine ceramic object represents. It could be a house with pitched roof, or a curious canoe with a high prow. Whatever it is, it is also a shark with open jaws.
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Details
- Title: Offering vessel in the shape of a house
- 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: w155 x h340 x d340 mm
- Type: Ceramic
- External Link: Cosmology and Symbolism room
- Technique: Modeled in clay and painted
- Finding: Colombia, Nariño, Tumaco
- Accession number: C13121
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