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Fish Effigy Vessel

Date1150-1450
MediumLight brown paste with burnished orange slip and decorated with red and black pigments.
DimensionsOverall: 9 × 7 × 6 in. (22.9 × 17.8 × 15.2 cm)
DescriptionThis complete vessel is typical among the polychromes found in the Casas Grandes tradition. The reason why it is not defined to a particular style is that it fuses characteristics of each of these traditions. Similar Casas Grandes culture pieces are found in Mexico in the state of Chihuahua.
Credit LineGift by Ulli and Carol Rath on behalf of the Rath family.
Object numberG14.10.5
Classifications
Ancient Americas
Sub-classification
American Southwest
Status
Not on view
Photographer: Toni Hafkenscheid
Artist / Maker: Shary Boyle
2018
Object number: G18.3.1
Black and White Bowl
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
1050-1150
Object number: G14.10.4
Photographer: Toni Hafkenscheid
15th-16th Century
Object number: G10.4.1
Photographer: Toni Hafkenscheid
15th-16th Century
Object number: G10.4.2
Macaw effigy bottle with stirrup spout
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
1000-1470
Object number: G03.13.1
Hand-held Spittoon
Artist / Maker: Clérissy Manufactory, Saint-Jean-du Désert, Marseille
late 17th-early 18th Century
Object number: G14.4.3
Pottery Jar (Olla)
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
1320-1400
Object number: G14.10.1
Bridge-spouted Bottle with Anthropomorphic Mythical Being or Warrior
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
200-400.
Object number: G83.1.188
Photographer: Toni Hafkenscheid
19th century
Object number: G11.2.1
HP 208
Artist / Maker: Peter Callas
c.2012
Object number: G20.6.1
Set of Three Bowls
Artist / Maker: Colleen O'Reilly
1994
Object number: G11.6.63.1-3
Standing Small Figure
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
1200-900 BCE
Object number: G83.1.14