Vessel

Item number 2847/1 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.

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Description

Terracotta tripod vessel with rattle legs. Round clay bowl with a deep body, wide mouth, a slightly flaring rim and rounded bottom. The three legs supporting the bowl are hollow, each in the shape of an animal head with prominent horned brows, oblong holes for eyes on the sides of the head, and a long snout with open mouth, chin to the bottom. A hole is bored into each leg on the interior side. When the vessel is moved, a soft rattling sound emanates from the legs and an irregularly shaped ball can be seen inside each. Faded pigment colours portions of the legs, the outside of the bowl, and the interior with an encircling ring at rim and midpoint.