Redware Effigy Vessel

Tairona culture, Pre-Columbian

1000 - 1500

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Funerary Mask, Colima culture, Pre-Columbian, earthenware and slip
Face with furrowed brow, lowered eyelids, puckered lips, and bulging cheeks. Ears pierced; rope-like band extending from ear to ear across back of head. Deep vertical groove in back.
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Vessel in the form of a cat with mouse applied within the looped tail. The head fully featured, with applied ears, eyes, nose, and mouth with teeth and tongue. One side of the body and four legs painted with geometric stripes, including zigzags. The feet with applied claws. The back with flared vessel mouth.