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Cañari

Vessel in the form of a seated person

Cañari, 400

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Cañari

Vessel in the form of a seated person

Cañari, 400

Physical Qualities Earthenware, incised, 5 1/8 × 5 1/4 × 5 1/2 in. (13 × 13.3 × 14 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Edith Black, Potomac, Maryland, in Memory of her Husband, Jack Black
Object Number 1997.252
Anthropomorphic vessel with modeled and incised facial features on the collar exterior. Incised lines encircling the vessel body suggest that it is wrapped in cloth. Possibly Tacalshapa style.

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