1983.W.51 Bowl with bird-serpent-crocodile design (Cocle, Veraguas, Panama)

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

NOTES

Cocle, Macaracas Group, 800–1200 CE (noted on TMS), updated by KJones on 04/05/16.

Catalogue essays

The Nora and John Wise Collection of Ancient South American Art

Artist/designers

Cultures

Coclé (Pre-Columbian Panamanian styles): AAT: 300017242

Pre-Columbian Panamanian styles: AAT: 300017241

Pre-Columbian (American): AAT: 300016619

Veraguas (Pre-Columbian Panamanian periods and styles): AAT: 300017240

Geography

Intermediate Central America

Coclé (province): TGN: 1001207

Gran Coclé (area): TGN: 8697951

Panama (nation): TGN: 7005565

Veraguas (province/Panama): TGN: 1001593

Process/materials

ceramic (material): AAT: 300235507

clay: AAT: 300010439

glazing (coating): AAT: 300053914

modeling (forming): AAT: 300053130

slab method (pottery technique): AAT: 300053905

coiling (pottery technique): AAT: 300053903

slip (clay): AAT: 300010459

slip glaze: AAT: 300015110

burnishing (polishing): AAT: 30053869

Historical periods

Macaracas (Pre-Columbian Panamanian styles and periods): AAT: 300017235

Individuals

Subject terms

vessels (containers): AAT: 300193015

bowls (vessels): AAT: 300203596

funerary objects: AAT: 300234126

ritual vessels: AAT: 300265801

figures: AAT: 300189808

supernatural (concepts): AAT: 300055947

animals (Animalia kingdom): AAT: 300249395

serpents (snakes/Serpentes suborder): AAT: 300250870

feathers (animal components): AAT: 300400474

birds (motifs): AAT: 300375751

birds (animals): AAT: 300266506

crocodile (animals/crocodylidae family): AAT: 300250293

reptiles: AAT: 300265956

geometric motifs: AAT: 300009764

geometric shape: AAT: 300263819

geometric patterns: AAT: 300165213

spirals (geometric figures): AAT: 300163114

lines (geometric concept): AAT: 300056279

bands (decorative): DMA

circles (plane figures): AAT: 300055627

polychrome: AAT: 300252261

RELATED OBJECTS

PROVENANCE

Until 1976: Nora and John Wise, New York [1]

1976-1983: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, on long-term loan from the above [1], [2]

From 1983: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, the Nora and John Wise Collection, bequest of John Wise [1], [2]

[1] The main source for this provenance is existing information in TMS. Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.

[2] The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, was changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.

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Apply to objects where number equals 1983.W.51