Canine Head Effigy Vessel

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CultureColima

Titles

Canine Head Effigy Vessel

Date100 BC–300 AD

PlaceColima, Mexico

MediumEarthenware with slip

Dimensions3 3/4 × 9 5/8 × 8 inches (9.5 × 24.4 × 20.3 cm.)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Junior League of Houston

Object number93.209

Current Location

The Caroline Wiess Law Building

205M Wiess Gallery

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas

Object Type

CERAMICS

ProvenancePosssibly Dr. Harner, Arkansas, ca. 1950s–1960s; Mr. and Mrs. Peter G. Wray Collection, Phoenix, until 1984; [Harmer Rook Galleries, New York, from 1984]; [The Lands Beyond, New York, until 1993]; purchased by MFAH, 1993.
Exhibition History
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Inscription: Marked in red ink on base: "5271-T"

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