Vessel in form of a dog ·  Mexico, Colima · ID: 3038588

Description

redware pottery, black pigment remains, inserted eyes, the hollow body served as receptacle, rep. (lines of breakages recognizable on the inside);
dogs were looked upon as carriers of dead souls across the waters of the underworld towards the afterlife, which is surely the reason why dogs are the animals most often depicted by the Colima artists.

The object Vessel in form of a dog with the object ID 3038588 was last part of the auction 80th Tribal Art Auction at June 27, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 82.

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Comparing literature

Leyenaar, Ted u.a., Von Küste zu Küste, o.O. 1992, p. 200 f.