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Burial urn
Tairona (Chimila style)
AD 1000–1500
Object Place: Lower Magdalena River, Magdalena, Colombia
Medium/Technique
Earthenware
Dimensions
Urn only: 40 x 35 cm (15 3/4 x 13 3/4 in.)
Lid only: 21.1 x 23 cm (8 5/16 x 9 1/16 in.)
Overall (Display dimensions: Urn with lid and mount): 51.1 x 35 x 35 cm (20 1/8 x 13 3/4 x 13 3/4 in.)
Lid only: 21.1 x 23 cm (8 5/16 x 9 1/16 in.)
Overall (Display dimensions: Urn with lid and mount): 51.1 x 35 x 35 cm (20 1/8 x 13 3/4 x 13 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of June Blanco
Accession Number2005.1120a-b
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Earthenware
DescriptionBulbous jar with ringed base and bowl-shaped lid. Modeled appliques tranform the lid and base into a human body resembling that of a bundled corpse.
ProvenanceBy about 1955, acquired in Colombia by José Blanco, Miami [see note]; 1960s, given by José Blanco to his daughter-in-law, June Blanco, Colombia and Brookline, MA; 2005, year-end gift of June Blanco to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 25, 2006)
NOTE: According to the donor at the time of acquisition, her father-in-law collected ancient ceramics from Colombia. The objects were in the family's apartment in Miami by the mid-1950s.
NOTE: According to the donor at the time of acquisition, her father-in-law collected ancient ceramics from Colombia. The objects were in the family's apartment in Miami by the mid-1950s.