id: 159225 accession number: 1995.41 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1995.41 updated: 2020-11-04 21:43:18.321000 Bowl with Spider Decoration, c. 750-1250. Colombia, Highland Nariño region, Piartal style, 8th-13th Century. Ceramic, slip; diameter: 8.2 x 20.8 cm (3 1/4 x 8 3/16 in.); overall: 8.1 cm (3 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1995.41 title: Bowl with Spider Decoration title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 750-1250 creation date earliest: 750 creation date latest: 1250 current location: 233 Mesoamerican and Intermediate Region creditline: John L. Severance Fund copyright: --- culture: Colombia, Highland Nariño region, Piartal style, 8th-13th Century technique: ceramic, slip department: Art of the Americas collection: AA - Intermediate Region type: Ceramic find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Diameter: 8.2 x 20.8 cm (3 1/4 x 8 3/16 in.); Overall: 8.1 cm (3 3/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: In the Nariño region of southwestern Colombia, the dead were buried in shaft tombs, the most elaborate up to sixty feet deep and furnished with offerings such as these bowls. Colombian ceramics are not much studied and little can be said about their imagery, which reveals a keen interest in geometric abstraction. Depicted here are a row of figures with thatch-roofed huts, humans attacked by birds, and spiders. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1995.41/1995.41_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1995.41/1995.41_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1995.41/1995.41_full.tif