La Tolita
Chimney
La Tolita, 500-999
Physical Qualities
Earthenware, 14 × 10 5/8 × 5 1/2 in. (35.5 × 27 × 14 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Edith Black, Potomac, Maryland, in Memory of her Husband, Jack Black
Object Number
1997.261
Ancient Colombians/Ecuadorians buried their dead in earthen tumuli. Clay objects, particularly large urns, were inverted and stacked to form 'chimneys' leading from the center of tumuli, upward to the ground surface. This object appears to be some variation on the chimney form with arms attached.
Inscribed: '1980.4.2' painted in red, and 'G-134' in black inside bottom
