Monkey-handle vessel

Artist Unidentified artist

DateAD 800-1470

MediumEarthenware

Dimensions4 1/8 × 6 5/16 × 4 15/16 inches (10.5 × 16 × 12.5 cm)

CultureCara/Panzaleo (Ecuador)

ClassificationsCeramics

Credit LineGift of Thomas Carroll, PhD 1951

Terms

Ecuador
Ceramics
Earthenware
Animals
Monkeys
Cara

Object number2006.070.182

Label CopyThis polychrome Cara round-bottomed ceramic vessel has a constricted neck and everted rim that features an animal effigy handle or adorno in the shape of a monkey. The vessel has a rounded base and a squat body, and red and white painted designs on a light orange ground.

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