Object Details
Culture
Chorrera (Ecuador)
Date
1100–400 BCE
Medium
Earthenware
Dimensions
3 1/16 × 6 5/16 × 2 7/16 inches (7.8 × 16 × 6.2 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Thomas Carroll, PhD 1951
Object
Number
2006.070.029
This short, wide, round-bottomed carinated Chorrera ceramic vessel has a constricted neck and flarin(…)
This short, wide, round-bottomed carinated Chorrera ceramic vessel has a constricted neck and flaring, everted rim. The vessel has stylized bat heads on its shoulders from which orange bodies emanate within incised cream outlines. The surface is burnished red and orange slip paint.