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Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
Jar
Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
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Jar

Artist/Maker (Ecuador)
Date1100-300 BCE
Mediumpottery and paint
DimensionsOverall: 6 5/8 x 7 1/2 in. (16.8 x 19.1 cm)
ClassificationsContainers
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Bischoff
Terms
    Object number84.0242.01
    DescriptionAccording to Funes Sanchez (1970:163) there is some evidence that Indians of Ecuador regard snakes as symbols of power, wisdom and fertility. The more sophisticated Chorrera style integrated decorative forms into a total concept for each vessel. The serpent body coils around the jar, slyly referring to the coils of clay used by the potter to form the vessel. The fer-de-lance is a venomous snake related to the rattlesnake which is found in tropical America.
    On View
    Not on view
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    Makonde people
    not dated
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Chorrera
    1100-300 BCE
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Gran Coclé
    ca. 1000-1550
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Artist Unknown
    ca. 600-900
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Nigeria, Yoruba people
    20th century
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Tumaco-La Tolita
    300 BCE-200 CE
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Artist Unknown
    not dated
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Artist Unknown
    not dated
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Gran Chiriquí
    ca. 800-1550
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Chorrera
    1100-300 BCE