Burial Urn with Male Effigy Figure Item Number: 49.191.2a from the Brooklyn Museum

Description

Nude male figure with left hand resting on left knee (the right hand is missing) seated on top of the half-domed lid (b) of a cylindrical funerary urn (a). The figure is wearing ear ornaments. Cylindrical burial urns with rounded bases and an effigy figurethe bones of a secondary burial were found in a mound-covered stone tomb in an ancient cemetery near Ocuña, in the Magdalena Valley of Colombia.

Credit Line

Frank L. Babbott Fund

Item History

  • Made between 1000 and 1500

What

Name
Burial Urn with Male Effigy Figure
Identification Number
49.191.2a
Type of Item
figure, effigy, burial and urn
Material
ceramic, pigment and slip
Measurements
“A: 15 3/8 x 7 3/8 in. (39 x 18.7 cm)” ?

Who

Culture
Moskito

Where

Holding Institution
Brooklyn Museum

When

Creation Date
between 1000 and 1500

Other

Classification
Ceramic