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Home > Art > Veraguas Double Jar

Veraguas Double Jar

A jar painted in vibrant polychrome representing a human and/or animal.
Artist

Unknown Artist

Date

800 BCE

Medium

Polychrome painted ceramic

Object Type

Pottery

Dimensions

H- 9 1/2 x W- 10; Dia of rim- 7 1/2 in. (24.1 x 25.4; 19.1)

Collecting Area

Pre-Columbian

Credit Line

The Jan T. and Marica Vilcek Collection

Accession Number

1996.01.1

Copyright

© The Vilcek Foundation

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A jar painted in vibrant polychrome representing a human and/or animal.

About the Object

This Veraguas-Chiriquí vessel is painted in vibrant polychrome paint. Like many ceramics in this tradition, it represents a human and/or animal, most likely a monkey. These objects were often found among burials, suggesting the double jar held a ritual importance and association with the afterlife.

 

Additional Information

Found in Panama and related with Coclé and Diquis and often considered a part of the wider Gran Coclé culture, the Veraguas-Chiriquí were also skilled artists who completed intricate works of gold that show links to additional isthmian and South American cultures. Unfortunately, this has contributed to looting and the loss of much of this information to scholars. However, ongoing work is helping to piece together greater understanding of these societies.

[Throckmorton Fine Art, New York, NY];

Santa Ana, CA. The Bowers Museum of Cultural Art. Guardians of the Life Stream: Shamans, Art and Power in Prehispanic Central Panamö, 1995, cat. no. 127.

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