Bowl
53-47-10
From: Argentina | Catamarca Province | Fuerte Quemado
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 53-47-10 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Diaguita |
Provenience | Argentina | Catamarca Province | Fuerte Quemado |
Culture Area | Andean |
Section | American |
Materials | Ceramic |
Description | Redware; black on bright red paint on both surfaces. Hemispherical with concave base. Two ear-like lugs below rim. Decoration: on exterior, large latticed meanders; on interior, five bands, of whoch the middle one is of stylized birds, the next two of very much conventionalized serpents, and the outer two repectively a diamond shaped checker motif and an unidentified motif of vertical and horizontal lines. Exterior surface worn; rim damaged. |
Credit Line | Exchange with Museo Ethnographico, Buenos Aires, 1953 |
Other Number | 11240 - Other Number |
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