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Pedestal Bowl with Stylized Saurians, 800-900 A.D. Parita culture; Central Panama Ceramic and…
Bowl
Pedestal Bowl with Stylized Saurians, 800-900 A.D. Parita culture; Central Panama Ceramic and…
Pedestal Bowl with Stylized Saurians, 800-900 A.D. Parita culture; Central Panama Ceramic and paint; 9 1/8 × 10 in. 97.115.3 Gift of Dr. Alan Grinnell & Feelie Lee

Bowl

ClassificationsFurnishings-Serviceware-bowls
Date800-900 CE
Made AtVeraguas Province, Panama, Central America, North America
MediumCeramic and paint
Dimensions9 1/8 × 10 in. (23.2 × 25.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Dr. Alan Grinnell & Feelie Lee
Object number97.115.3
DescriptionEarly Macaracas style with panels and discs saurian heads, swirling patterns. Sona, Veraguas
Label copy Bowers 2003

Polychrome Pedestaled Bowl With Stylized Saurians
Parita Style. Central Panama
c. 1000 - 1300 A.D. Fired Clay, paint

The saurian is a creature that blends human and crocodilian characteristics. It is used in pre-Columbian
Panamanian art to represent the empowered soul of a shaman. Among those powers are ability to leave the body in soul-form
and change the shape and appearance of one's soul-form.

Gift of Dr. Alan Grinnell
BMCA 97.115.3
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