Vessel in the form of a seated man

100 BC-AD 300 (Comala Phase)

24.5 cm 36.2 cm 17.7 cm

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This highly polished ceramic work is both a sculpture and a functional vessel. It shows a seated man, with a bunched fist or ball held in one hand and the other held to his mouth, either blowing a whistle or in the midst of ingesting something. This figure may show a shaman o...

Sculpture

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sculpture
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John G. Bourne [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 2017.
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en
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