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Creative Commons License
Effigy Vessel of a Human-Animal Transformation Figure
AD 1000-1350 (late Period VI)
earthenware, white slip overall, slip paint
(Ancient Americas )
(Ancient Americas )
This Pataky polychrome ceramic vessel portrays a seated human, perhaps a shaman, transformed into their jaguar spirit companion form.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Ron Messick Fine Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; John G. Bourne, 1990s, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2009, by gift.
Exhibitions
| 1998-2008 | Art of Ancient America, 1500 B.C.-1400 A.D.. Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe. |
Geographies
Costa Rica (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 12 x W: 9 1/2 x D: 9 5/8 in. (30.48 x 24.13 x 24.38 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of John Bourne, 2009
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
2009.20.56