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Source Description
This bowl seems to show a model of the cosmos for the indigenous peoples of Colombia, with four directions and a center clearly delineated. The use of contrasting red and tan colors may have a particular significance which is not well-understood. 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
80436
label
Bowl
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
2
Source metadata
id
80436
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Bowl
description
This bowl seems to show a model of the cosmos for the indigenous peoples of Colombia, with four directions and a center clearly delineated. The use of contrasting red and tan colors may have a particular significance which is not well-understood. 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 1250-1500
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Ceramics
bowls (vessels)
imageCount
2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
9.1
height
19.3
dimensionsRaw
H: 3 9/16 x Diam: 7 5/8 in. (9.05 x 19.3 cm)
Source extras
cul
Nariño
med
earthenware, slip paint
creator_ids
31463
collection_ids
AME
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
seq
1
type
photo
mediaId
f279ad8433faf53b
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no
seq
2
type
photo
mediaId
b589aa4768f56716
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no