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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Container

Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Container in white earthenware of a figure, representing a deceased chief in sitting posture, and used as a vessal for containing solids. With an aperture in the body.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Earthenware
Brief description
Container in white earthenware of a figure, Ancient Colombia.
Physical description
Container in white earthenware of a figure, representing a deceased chief in sitting posture, and used as a vessal for containing solids. With an aperture in the body.
Dimensions
  • Height: 21.6cm
  • Width: 15.9cm
Object history
From a tomb at Bogotà, Colombia.
Collection
Accession number
207-1870

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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