Effigy Ceramic Vesse

The front paws are raised up with claws extended and underside pads visible including the dewclaws.

Effigy ceramic vesse.

The ceramic portrait is also an example of a stirrup spout vessel of a moche ruler. A ceramic single spout vessel in the form of a standing viscay a large member of the rabbit family noted by its long ears. They were made during the late mississippian period sometime between a d. Effigy pots are emblematic of the cultures artistic floresence and ritual life and the vessels in the curtiss collection provide archaeologists with a rich vocabulary for describing and interpreting the iconography of mississippian peoples.

20 64 15 56 20 96 cm department. 3 owl effigy ceramic vessels. 4 1 2 6 3 4 h. Various types some with damage.

We are not the first researchers to attempt family genus identification of ceramic fish effigies from the study area. The most dramatic sculpted clay images made by late mississippian potters are the death s head effigy ceramic vessels. Arts of the americas location. For example holmes 1886 166 correctly identified a ceramic vessel from arkansas as repre senting a sunfish and later noted in many cases birds.

8 1 8 6 1 8 8 1 4 in. On may 30 2020. The effigy also wears tubular earrings that can be found in the gold and silver gallery of the larco museum. Not on view credit line.

Thomas gilcrease institute of american history and art. Catalogue description large ceramic effigy vessel in the form of a snarling four footed animal probably a jaguar with a vessel form on its back and a long thick downturned tail. The ruler is depicted wearing a material turban on which there is a headdress decorated by a two headed bird with feathers on side. New technologies recently allowed scientists to re examine them and discover that most were not locally made indicating extensive trade among native peoples in the southeast.

Pre columbian and southwestern u s. 1200 1400 material and technique. The back paws rest on the ground. These head pots were sculpted in the image of a three dimensional human head and placed into graves as offerings to the dead.

Dallas museum of art gift of the dozier foundation copyright. Effigy ceramic vessels in our sample were found in this region.