Jar in the Form of a Tapir
Unidentified Greater Chiriquí maker
about 1100-1500
Terracotta with buff slip and red and black paint
Overall: 7 5/8 × 5 1/2 × 3 11/16 in. (19.3 × 14 × 9.4 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Margaret Barnhill Roosevelt Kimberly
22.5.3944
Geography
Place Made: Panama, Central America
Period
1000-1400
Object Name
Pottery
Research Area
Americas
Not on view
Provenance
Margaret Barnhill Roosevelt Kimberly (1851-1927), West Newton, Massachusetts; given to the present collection, 1922.
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