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Portfolio Tag: Ceramic

Ceramic Vessel handle with anthropomorphic representation

Ceramic Vessel handle with anthropomorphic representation
This human figure in red color can be attributed to the Ostionoide culture. We have evidence for several kinds of changes throughout the Caribbean between 600 A.D. and 1200 A.D. Saladoide settlers moved to the highland where they changed the techniques of cultivating plants and other cultural trades. Arqueologist decided to see this like an…
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Globular bowl with geometric design

Globular bowl with geometric design
Amerindian ceramic vessel were mostly formed with the coil method, in which strips of wet clay are jointed in circular patterns fused together to make cups, bowls, jars etc. The geometric design of this bowl shows a sequence of points under the rim. This appears most frequently in the Meillac culture, which is the one…
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Ceramic Vessel

Ceramic Vessel
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Frog

Frog
Fragment of ceramic vessel that shows a zoomorphic decoration applied just under the rim of the bowl. It represents the head and arm of a batrachian, interpreted as a frog. This animal figures the woman in South American indigenous mythology. The style suggests that this fragment belongs to the Meillacoide culture, distributed through the northern…
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Anthropomorphic Figure

Anthropomorphic Figure
Fragment of ceramic vessel that shows an anthropomorphic figure. It represents both eyes and a double nose which can also be seen upside down. It is a dual face representing the double EGO. Dualism is a quintessentially Amerindian conception and it appears in most of the Caribbean cultures.
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Small Faces

Small Faces
The “small faces” frequently appear as handles of ceramic vessels. They represent zoomorphic and anthropomorphic figures, sometimes accompanied by smaller arms and legs, while the face was the most important feature. They appear in pairs on both extremes of the vessel. Their style is different in each Amerindian culture; however they exist in all of…
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