OJAC Collection - Shelled Animal (Armadillo?)

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Shelled Animal (Armadillo?)

300 BCE - 250 CE
3rd century BCE - 2nd century CE
5 3/4 in. x 11 in. x 4 1/2 in. (14.61 cm x 27.94 cm x 11.43 cm)

Object Type: Pre-Columbian

Medium and Support: Ceramic

Credit Line: Gift of William O. Gross Jr.

Accession Number: 1986.066

Object Description

Shelled animal (armadillo) in style of Colima dog standing on muscular legs and wearing a tortoise shell on its back, the head jutting from one end and the tail as spout from the other. Incised mouth, eyes and nose. Painted in brown with reddish brown shell and tail vent. Gross No. 28 MCOL

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Ancient Americas, Animal, Funerary, Pre-Columbian

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This object was included in the following exhibitions:

Ancient Americas in a New Light , 2/26/2022 - 8/20/2022

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Shelled Animal (Armadillo?)