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

Provenance and sources

when
300 B.C. - 300 A.D.
where
Mexico
West Mexico [Region]
Michoacán [Bundesstaat]
who
Colima

who
Bünz - Former Possessors
Arnold Vogel - Collectors

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