Vessel

ClassificationsFurnishings-Serviceware-vessels

Culture West Mexican Shaft Tomb

Date100 BCE - 600 CE

Made AtColima, Mexico, Central America, North America

MediumCeramic

Dimensions6 5/8 × 11 in. (16.8 × 27.9 cm)

Credit LineGift of Herb Hansen

Object numberF79.82.1

DescriptionCeramic vessel, light red brown finish, with coiled incised snake base. From Colima, Western Mexico Coastal area. The Colima culture (c. 100 BCE - 600 CE) produced some of the most varied and perfected ceramics in western Mexico. Colima artists were superior at freehand clay molding, using a technique of smoothing the clay with a stick or small stone to provide a natural glaze.
This is a funerary piece associated with shaft tomb cultures. Saucer-shaped with a light brown finish, its base is in the shape of a double-headed coiled snake. The snake, with an incised diamond pattern, was formed separately.

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