Unknown Central and South American
Seated Shaman Jar

Seated Shaman Jar

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Seated Shaman Jar
Artist
CultureCalima
Titles
  • Seated Shaman Jar
Date100 BC–800 AD
PlaceColombia
MediumEarthenware with slip
Dimensions6 1/4 × 3 5/8 × 4 in. (15.9 × 9.2 × 10.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Director's Accessions Endowment
Object number2006.145
Non exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas
Object Type
ProvenanceOfelia Garrido Toro, Dunedin, FL, prior to 1970; [Luz Miriam Toro, New York]; [The Merrin Gallery, Inc., New York, until 2006]; purchased by MFAH, 2006.

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