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Source Description
This bowl shows three deer without antlers (presumably does) contrasted with a single buck with antlers, all shown on a dotted background. The placing of these motifs into a four-part background may reflect an understanding of the world and its cardinal directions as well. Dishes on short, ring-shaped bases were common in the Nariño region straddling the border between Ecuador and Colombia. They were carefully shaped, burnished (carefully polished with a stone), and painted with different colors of slip, a thinned out clay. Many of the Nariño vessels show highly abstracted patterns, like this one.
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Document identity
localId
80433
label
Footed Dish with Animal Motifs
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
2
Source metadata
id
80433
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Footed Dish with Animal Motifs
description
This bowl shows three deer without antlers (presumably does) contrasted with a single buck with antlers, all shown on a dotted background. The placing of these motifs into a four-part background may reflect an understanding of the world and its cardinal directions as well. Dishes on short, ring-shaped bases were common in the Nariño region straddling the border between Ecuador and Colombia. They were carefully shaped, burnished (carefully polished with a stone), and painted with different colors of slip, a thinned out clay. Many of the Nariño vessels show highly abstracted patterns, like this one.
provenance
Economos Works of Art [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; John G. Bourne, 1990s, by purchase; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 2017.
date
AD 1200-1500 (Late Period)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Ceramics
bowls (vessels)
imageCount
2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
9.5
height
18.8
dimensionsRaw
H: 3 3/4 x Diam: 7 3/8 in. (9.53 x 18.8 cm)
Source extras
cul
Nariño-Carchí
med
earthenware, slip paint
creator_ids
31463
collection_ids
AME
exhibition_ids
2988
Page inventory
seq
1
type
photo
mediaId
e7b8fafff992a2a4
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no
hasDescription
no
seq
2
type
photo
mediaId
db9820c7b280f218
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no