Turtle Effigy Vessel

COLLECTION NAME:

The AMICA Library

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AMICO~1~1

The AMICA Library

Collection

true

AMICA ID:

CMA_.1998.30

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CMA_.1998.30

AMICA ID

false

AMICA Library Year:

2000

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2000

AMICA Library Year

false

Object Type:

Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects

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Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects

Object Type

false

Creator Name:

Unknown

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Unknown

Creator Name

false

Creator Nationality:

North American; Central American; Panamanian

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North American; Central American; Panamanian

Creator Nationality

false

Creator Name-CRT:

Central Panama, Parita

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Central Panama, Parita

Creator Name-CRT

false

Title:

Turtle Effigy Vessel

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Turtle Effigy Vessel

Title

false

Title Type:

Primary

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Primary

Title Type

false

View:

Full View

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Full View

View

false

Creation Date:

c. 700-1550

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c. 700-1550

Creation Date

false

Creation Start Date:

700

ocs

700

Creation Start Date

false

Creation End Date:

1550

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1550

Creation End Date

false

Materials and Techniques:

earthenware with colored slips

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earthenware with colored slips

Materials and Techniques

false

Classification Term:

Ceramic

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Ceramic

Classification Term

false

Classification Term:

Ceramic

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Ceramic

Classification Term

false

Style or Period:

Central Panama, Parita

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Central Panama, Parita

Style or Period

false

Dimensions:

Overall: 26cm

met

Overall: 26cm

Dimensions

false

AMICA Contributor:

The Cleveland Museum of Art

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The Cleveland Museum of Art

AMICA Contributor

false

Owner Location:

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

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Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Owner Location

false

ID Number:

1998.30

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1998.30

ID Number

false

Credit Line:

John L. Severance Fund

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John L. Severance Fund

Credit Line

false

Rights:

http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html

orl

<a href="http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html"target="_new">http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html</a>

Rights

false

Provenance:

(Sale: Sotheby's, New York, November 24, 1997, Sale 7057, lot 57)

opo

(Sale: Sotheby's, New York, November 24, 1997, Sale 7057, lot 57)

Provenance

false

Context:

Chiefs in central Panama were buried with lavish offerings, including cast and hammered gold jewelry, shell, bone, and ivory ornaments, and numerous pottery vessels. In some cases, the pottery seems to have been manufactured specifically as burial offerings, for it shows no evidence of wear. This unusual vessel is modeled and decorated in the form of a turtle. The upper surface is divided into large, painted zones suggestive of the divisions of the animal's carapace (upper shell). At the vessel's shoulder the upper and lower shells meet, and the face, legs and tail of the turtle are depicted.

cxd

Chiefs in central Panama were buried with lavish offerings, including cast and hammered gold jewelry, shell, bone, and ivory ornaments, and numerous pottery vessels. In some cases, the pottery seems to have been manufactured specifically as burial offerings, for it shows no evidence of wear. This unusual vessel is modeled and decorated in the form of a turtle. The upper surface is divided into large, painted zones suggestive of the divisions of the animal's carapace (upper shell). At the vessel's shoulder the upper and lower shells meet, and the face, legs and tail of the turtle are depicted.

Context

false

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