Acrobat Vessel

1977.01.0083A

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Basic Information

Artifact Identification	Acrobat Vessel (1977.01.0083A)
Classification/ Nomenclature	Communication Artifacts : Ceremonial Artifacts : Religious Objects
Artist/Maker	Unknown
Geographic Location	America, North : Mexico : West Mexico
Period/Date	Pre-Columbian, 600
Culture	N/A

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Width)	22.5 cm
Dimension 2 (Height)	20.2 cm
Dimension 3 (Depth)	19.2 cm
Weight	2016 g
Measuring Remarks	None
Materials	Ceramic
Manufacturing Processes	Handbuilding, Firing
Munsell Color Information	Moderate Brown (5 Y R 3/4) -ns

Research Remarks

Published Description	N/A
Description	N/A
Comparanda	See similar vessel in The Nelson Rockefeller Collection of Primitive Art. (p. 165 of the catalog)
Bibliography	Eisleb, Dieter. Westmexikanishe Keramik. Berlin: Museum Fur Volkerkunde, 1971. Gallagher, Jacki. Comapanions of the Dead: Ceramic Tomb Sculpture from Ancient West Mexico . Los Angeles : Museum of Cultural History, UCLA, 1983. Kan, Michael. Clement W. Meighan, and H.B. Nicholson. Sculpture of Ancient West Mexico: Nayarit, Jalisco, Colima. Los Angeles and Albuquerque: Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the University of New Mexico Press, 1989 (1970). Nicholson, H.B., and Alana Cordy-Collins. Pre-Columbian Art from the Land Collection. San Francisco: California Academy of Sciences and H.K. Land, 1979. Von Winning, Hasso. The Shaft Tomb Figures of Ancient West Mexico. Southwest Museum, Los Angeles: Southwest Museum papers No. 24 , 1974. Von Winning, Hasso, and Alfred Stendahl. Pre-Columbian Art of Mexico and Central America. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1968.

Artifact History

Archaeological Data	N/A
Credit Line/Dedication	Avery Brundage Collection
Reproduction	Needs Research
Reproduction Information	May be a reproduction (?)

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