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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