Polychrome Vessel
This striking jar (olla) features a geometric design with a stylized bird motif. Stylistically related to Casas Grandes, one of the largest and most complex Mogollon culture sites, this vessel corresponds to the Ramos Polychrome phase.
Artwork Details
- Title: Polychrome Vessel
- Date: 14th–15th century
- Geography: United States, New Mexico
- Culture: Ancestral Puebloan (Casas Grandes)
- Medium: Clay
- Dimensions: H. 8 3/4 × W. 9 5/8 × D. 9 3/8 in. (22.2 × 24.4 × 23.8 cm)
- Classification: Ceramics-Vessels
- Credit Line: Gift of Samuel and Gabrielle Lurie, in celebration of the Museum's 150th Anniversary, 2019
- Object Number: 2019.565.4
- Curatorial Department: The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing
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