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Pumpkin mould

Pumpkin with parrot feet: The large pumpkin-shaped vessel stands on three small feet shaped like parrots. The symbolic content of the gourd is unclear. The parrot, on the other hand, is a sacred bird in today's Cora, symbolising Venus and the sprouting corn. It is possible that Colima's shaft-diggers also attributed divine powers to the parrot.

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Colima
Object type
crock
Dimensions
Height: 20,4 cm
Depth: 28 cm
Width: 28 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 34460

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    300 B.C. - 300 A.D.
    where
    Mexico
    West Mexico
    Michoacán
    who
    Colima
  • Collecting
    who
    Bünz - Former Possessors
    Arnold Vogel - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Archaeology

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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