Effigy Vessel / Chupícuaro Culture, México

Description

Chronology: Early (600-400 BC) to Late Phase (400-100 BC) Red-on-buff pottery was the most common painted ware in Chupícuaro Culture, with forms ranging from ollas, open and rimmed bowls, oval shapes and tecomates, to spider-leg tripods, pedestal bases and effigy vessels (Porter 1956:570). This piece is originally part of a local's private collection currently living in Querétaro, México. Photogrammetric model created with Agisoft PhotoScan Pro and rendered with KeyShot4. Porter, Muriel Noé 1956 Excavations at Chupícuaro, Guanajuato, Mexico. *Transactions of the American Philosophical Society*, New Series, 46 (5):515-637.