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DepartmentLatin America

Effigy Jar

NameJar
CultureShipibo-Conibo
Datec. 1940
Place madePeru, South America
MediumCeramic, glaze
Dimensions5 3/4 × 5 1/2 × 5 3/4 in. (14.605 × 13.97 × 14.605 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.44.240
Object numberA.1979.44.240
DescriptionCoil-built. Vessel with applied ears, upper bulbous shape to suggest head. Interior undecorated. Exterior is off-white with red, black and blue linear. Geometric designs and facial features. Red band at bottom.
Female Figure
Anita Lowden
c. 1960
Jar
Artist Not Recorded
Late 17th century
Curing Set (Cuadrilla)
Darío Soteno Léon
1997
DOLL
ca 1960
Green on white jar
Artist Not Recorded
early 20th century
Curing Set, Juego del Aire (for child)
María del Refugio Reyes Hernandez
1997
Casas Grandes effigy jar
Sabino (Cabi) Villalba Hernandez
1990-2000
Curing Set, Juego del Aire (for adult)
María del Refugio Reyes Hernandez
1997
Alpaca ceremonial  vessel (conopa)
Artist Not Recorded
Late 19th - early 20th century
Green on white jar
Artist Not Recorded
early 20th century
Devil
Burgess Dulaney
1980s-1990s
Plate
19th c.