Fish Effigy Vessel
Date1150-1450
MediumLight brown paste with burnished orange slip and decorated with red and black pigments.
DimensionsOverall: 9 × 7 × 6 in. (22.9 × 17.8 × 15.2 cm)
DescriptionThis complete vessel is typical among the polychromes found in the Casas Grandes tradition. The reason why it is not defined to a particular style is that it fuses characteristics of each of these traditions. Similar Casas Grandes culture pieces are found in Mexico in the state of Chihuahua.
Credit LineGift by Ulli and Carol Rath on behalf of the Rath family.
Object numberG14.10.5
Classifications
Ancestral AbiayalaSub-classification
American SouthwestStatus
Not on view
Artist / Maker: Clérissy Manufactory, Saint-Jean-du Désert, Marseille
late 17th-early 18th Century
Object number: G14.4.3
Artist / Maker: Chimú artist(s)
1000-1470
Object number: G03.13.1
