Vessel with Armadillo Design
Artist:
Unknown
Place made:Mexico
General region:North and Central America
Culture: Colima
Period: Pre-Columbian
Date: ca. 200 B.C.-A.D. 200
Medium: Earthenware with paint
Dimensions:
h. 8 in. (20.3 cm); diam. 10 in. (25.4 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Ramona Frates Seeligson
Object number: 98.12.6
Provenance: with Romona Frates Seeligson by 1998; by gift to the San Antonio Museum of Art, 1998
Label Text
Two armadillos, one after the other, encircle the shoulder of this narrow-mouthed jar. Among the Colima, depictions of dogs were most common making this vessel an important example of other animals in the region. The significance of the armadillo within Colima ideologies is unclear, but among other Mesoamerican cultures it is associated with the underworld due in part to their burrowing activities and fertility. (Bernadette Cap, 2021)
Not on view
In Collection(s)
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