Armadillo (before 1921): Art, History and Details
Armadillo at the Cleveland Museum of Art: before 1921, pottery. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Armadillo (before 1921) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.
The work and its context
The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:
Rattles that combine ravens, humans, and frogs are among the best known but least understood of the Northwest Coast object types. They clearly have mythic import and may have originated as shamans’ implements. But historically chiefs used them during secular parts of winter dances.
Object facts
- Title: Armadillo
- Date: before 1921
- Culture: Colombia
- Type: Ceramic
- Technique: pottery
- Dimensions: Overall: 6.4 cm (2 1/2 in.)
- Collection: AA - Intermediate Region
- Department: Art of the Americas
- Accession number: 1921.1557
Collection credit
Gift of W. A. Price
View the collection record
See the museum's photographs and full catalogue entry. Catalogue text is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art's open-access data, with HTML formatting removed. This object and its supplied image are designated CC0.
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