Effigy Vessel Fragment

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Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton…
Effigy Vessel Fragment
Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. Photo by Bryan Edwards, Class of 2019. For educational purposes only.
Datec. 700-950 CE
MediumCeramic
DimensionsOverall: 6 1/2 × 7 1/2 × 3 1/2 in. (16.5 × 19.1 × 8.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Museum of Art
Object number2001.1.31a-b
Not on view
DescriptionFragment from a red clay rounded vessel, possibly an urn, depicting a jaguar head and shoulders with a decorative collar. Head is hollow and possibly a rattle with openings at the corners of the figure's mouth and debris inside making audible noise when moved. Unclear if figure is repersenting an anthropomorphic jaguar (diety?) or a human wearing a jaguar mask.
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Exhibition History 2010
Clinton. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "Look Up. Visions of Earth-Sky: Mesoamerica and the Cosmos," January 18 - April 18, 2010. (no cat.)
Provenance 2001: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery), by gift of Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute. Gift of Francis and Lilly Robicsek.
Markings Sticker: white adhesive sticker with "F" in black marker on verso at bottom.
Effigy Vessel
Effigy Vessel
Date: c. 700-950 CE
Medium: Ceramic with red pigment
Object number: 2001.1.19
Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton…
Jaguar Head Fragment
Date: c. 700-950 CE
Medium: Ceramic
Object number: 2001.1.8
Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton…
Effigy Vessel
Date: c. 1300-1550 CE
Medium: Blackware ceramic
Object number: 2001.1.40
Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton…
Crouching Feline Figure
Date: c. 1300-1500 CE
Medium: Blackware ceramic
Object number: 2001.1.38
Photograph by Dave Revette.
Effigy Vessel
Date: c. 700-950 CE
Medium: Burnished ceramic with brown slip and red pigment
Object number: 2001.1.16
Cylinder Vessel
Cylinder Vessel
Date: c. 700-950 CE
Medium: Ceramic with incised design
Object number: 2001.1.10
Tomb Figure
Tomb Figure
Date: c. 100 BCE - 300 CE
Medium: Ceramic with red paint
Object number: 2001.1.44
Cylinder Vessel
Cylinder Vessel
Date: c. 700-950 CE
Medium: Ceramic with pigment
Object number: 2001.1.18
Cylinder Vessel
Cylinder Vessel
Date: c. 600-900 CE
Medium: Ceramic with incised relief
Object number: 2001.1.12
Standing Figure
Standing Figure
Date: c. 100 BCE - 250 CE
Medium: Ceramic
Object number: 2001.1.43
Photograph by Dave Revette.
Funerary urn
Date: c. 350-600 CE
Medium: Terracotta with remnants of pigment
Object number: 2002.16
Bowl
Bowl
Date: c. 650-800 CE
Medium: Ceramic with pigment
Object number: 2001.1.3