About this artwork
To this day in Tairona communities, masked individuals dance, personifying the deified forces and phenomena of nature. This act associates the annual round of social and economic activities with the natural world’s cycle of death, fertility, and renewal.
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Status
- On View, Gallery 136
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Department
- Arts of the Americas
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Culture
- Tairona
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Title
- Masked Figurine Holding a Drum, Possibly an Ocarina (Whistle)
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Place
- Colombia (Object made in)
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Date
- 1200–1400
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Medium
- Ceramic and pigment
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Dimensions
- H.: 12.7 cm (5 in.)
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Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. Everett McNear in memory of Everett McNear
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Reference Number
- 1986.1084b
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IIIF Manifest
- https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/126273/manifest.json
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