Central Panama, Parita / Turtle Effigy Vessel / c. 700-1550

Central Panama, Parita
Turtle Effigy Vessel
c. 700-1550
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Creator Name: Unknown
Creator Nationality: North American; Central American; Panamanian
Creator Name-CRT: Central Panama, Parita
Title: Turtle Effigy Vessel
Title Type: Primary
View: Full View
Creation Start Date: 700
Creation End Date: 1550
Creation Date: c. 700-1550
Object Type: Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Classification Term: Ceramic
Materials and Techniques: earthenware with colored slips
Dimensions: Overall: 26cm
AMICA Contributor: The Cleveland Museum of Art
Owner Location: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
ID Number: 1998.30
Credit Line: John L. Severance Fund
Rights: http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html
Provenance: (Sale: Sotheby's, New York, November 24, 1997, Sale 7057, lot 57)
Style or Period: Central Panama, Parita
Context: Chiefs in central Panama were buried with lavish offerings, including cast and hammered gold jewelry, shell, bone, and ivory ornaments, and numerous pottery vessels. In some cases, the pottery seems to have been manufactured specifically as burial offerings, for it shows no evidence of wear. This unusual vessel is modeled and decorated in the form of a turtle. The upper surface is divided into large, painted zones suggestive of the divisions of the animal's carapace (upper shell). At the vessel's shoulder the upper and lower shells meet, and the face, legs and tail of the turtle are depicted.
AMICA ID: CMA_.1998.30
AMICA Library Year: 2000
Media Metadata Rights: Copyright, The Cleveland Museum of Art

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