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Storage Vessel with "Bent" (Quingashca) Turtle Motifs

A work made of ceramic, pigment, and shinquillu lacquer, possibly from the brazilian elemi (protium heptophyllum).

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  • A work made of ceramic, pigment, and shinquillu lacquer, possibly from the brazilian elemi (protium heptophyllum).

Date:

1986

Artist:

Olimpia Canelos (Canelos Quichua, active 20th century)
Pastaza Province, Ecuador

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Arts of the Americas

Artist

Olimpia Canelos

Culture

Canelos Quichua

Title

Storage Vessel with "Bent" (Quingashca) Turtle Motifs, Storage Jar for Manioc Mash (Asua)

Places

Ecuador (Object made in), Pastaza (Object made in)

Date

1986

Medium

Ceramic, pigment, and shinquillu lacquer, possibly from the Brazilian Elemi (Protium heptophyllum)

Dimensions

38.1 × 33 cm (15 × 13 in.)

Credit Line

Arnold H. Crane Endowment Fund

Reference Number

2020.227

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