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Human effigy figure
Panama (Cubitá style)
Conte period
AD 550-700
Object Place: Panama, Central region
Medium/Technique
Earthenware with red and black on orange slip paint
Dimensions
Overall: 24.8 x 24 x 21.1 cm (9 3/4 x 9 7/16 x 8 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Timothy Phillips in honor of Dennis Carr
Accession Number2019.1982
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Earthenware
DescriptionJar modeled in the form of a seated person, perhaps a female. The body and face are painted with bold designs depicting tattoos or body paint.
ProvenanceBetween about 1963 and 1979, acquired in Panama by Dr. Glenn E. Murphy (b. 1922 – d. 2010), Balboa, Panama and New Smyrna Beach, FL [see note]; about 2000, sold by Dr. Murphy to Dr. Alan Grinnell, Los Angeles; 2014, sold by Dr. Grinnell to Anthropos Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA; 2014, sold by Anthropos Gallery to Timothy Phillips, Boston; 2019, gift of Timothy Phillips to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 11, 2019)
NOTE: Dr. Glen Murphy was an educator for the Panama Canal Zone government, who resided in Panama beginning in 1963. He had previously been there for the State Department as early as the 1950s. Dr. Murphy moved back to the United States with his household goods, including his collection of ceramics, in 1979.
NOTE: Dr. Glen Murphy was an educator for the Panama Canal Zone government, who resided in Panama beginning in 1963. He had previously been there for the State Department as early as the 1950s. Dr. Murphy moved back to the United States with his household goods, including his collection of ceramics, in 1979.