The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of June 18, 2026

A red-brown and dark gray ceramic vessel depicts a seated human figure with a hollow opening at the top of the head. The face features slit eyes and painted red markings. Red-painted arms bend at the elbows, hands meeting at the chest of a dark torso decorated with a geometric patterned sash and a large, gridded X-shape. Small feet protrude from the base of the figure's rounded body.

Anthropomorphic Vase

500–1500

Colombia

earthenware
Overall: 50.5 x 30 x 27.8 cm (19 7/8 x 11 13/16 x 10 15/16 in.)
Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund 1971.27
Location: 233 Mesoamerican and Intermediate Region
  • Year in Review: 1971. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 28, 1971-February 6, 1972).
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1971.27