Small Vessel in Form of Squash
Artist:
Unknown
Place made:Mexico
General region:North and Central America
Culture: Jalisco
Period: Pre-Columbian
Date: ca. A.D. 100
Medium: Polychromed earthenware
Dimensions:
height: 2 9/16 in. (6.5 cm)
width: 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm)
Credit Line: San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Glenn Dennis
Object number: 75.61.2
Provenance: with Glenn Dennis, San Antonio, TX, by 1975; by gift to the Witte Museum, San Antonio, TX, 1975; by transfer to the San Antonio Museum of Art, 1994
Label Text
The artists of West Mexico created pieces that reflected the human and natural world around them. This miniature vessel was inspired by the shape of a squash, an important staple in the Mesoamerican diet. (Bernadette Cap, 2022).
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