Unknown Central and South American
Seated Figure Vessel (Canastero) with Snakes

Seated Figure Vessel (Canastero) with Snakes

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Seated Figure Vessel (Canastero) with Snakes
Artist
CultureCalima
Titles
  • Seated Figure Vessel (Canastero) with Snakes
Date100 BC–800 AD
PlaceColombia
MediumEarthenware with slip
Dimensions6 × 3 × 3 3/4 in. (15.2 × 7.6 × 9.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by "One Great Night in November, 2005"
Object number2005.1067
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas
Object Type
ProvenancePrivate collection, Florida, by at least 1950; [The Merrin Gallery, Inc., New York, by at least 2004–2005]; purchased by MFAH, 2005.

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