id:			159225
accession number:	1995.41
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1995.41
updated:		2022-01-04 17:20:20.052000

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
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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
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culture:	Colombia, Highland Nariño region, Piartal style, 8th-13th Century
technique:	ceramic, slip
department:	Art of the Americas
collection:	AA - Intermediate Region
type:		Ceramic
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measurements: Diameter: 8.2 x 20.8 cm (3 1/4 x 8 3/16 in.); Overall: 8.1 cm (3 3/16 in.)
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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.
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