Double-chambered effigy vessel
Double-chambered effigy vessel

On view

Art of the Ancient Americas

Double-chambered effigy vessel,

500 BCE–500 CE

Guangala
Late Formative Period to Regional Development Period
2001-11

Information

Title
Double-chambered effigy vessel
Dates

500 BCE–500 CE

Medium
Ceramic with traces of resist decoration
Dimensions
22 × 15 × 31 cm (8 11/16 × 5 7/8 × 12 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Fowler McCormick, Class of 1921, Fund
Object Number
2001-11
Place Made

South America, Ecuador, Southern Manabí or coastal Guayas

Culture
Guangala
Period
Late Preclassic
Type
effigies, vessels (containers), figurines, ceramics
Materials
ceramic
Subject
figures (representations)

Private collector, Brussels [1]; sold to Emile Deletaille (1929-2021), Brussels; February 7, 2001, sold to Gillett G. Griffin (1928-2016), Princeton, NJ for the Princeton University Art Museum.

Notes:
[1] According to correspondence with Emile Deletaille, dated January 11, 2001, he purchased this object from a private collector in Brussels who had inherited it from his parents.

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