http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/400/funerary-urn ArtsConnectEd.org Art Collector Set: Funerary urn http://www.artsconnected.org/images/favicon.png http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/400/funerary-urn 16 16 http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/400/funerary-urn http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/400/funerary-urn Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects, Ceramic Artist Unknown (Zapotec) 600 600 Zapotec, Central America, Mexico Earthenware, pigment Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects Sat, 17 Dec 2011 02:04:10 -0500 <table cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Title</td> <td><h3 property="dcterms:title cdwalite:title">Funerary urn</h3></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Artist</td> <td><h3><a property="dcterms:creator cdwalite:displayCreator" href="http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/list/breadcrumb/true/f_workDisplayCreator/Artist+Unknown+%28Zapotec%29">Artist Unknown (Zapotec)</a></h3></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Date</td> <td><h3 property="dcterms:created dc:date cdwalite:displayCreationDate cdwalite:earliestDate vra:date" content="600">600-900</h3></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label" style="padding-right:7px;">Institution</td> <td><a href="http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/list/breadcrumb/true/f_InstitutionTitle/Minneapolis+Institute+of+Arts">Minneapolis Institute of Arts</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Location</td> <td> Not on view. </td> </tr> </table><br/>funerary Urn, pottery with gray pigments and traces of re-brown pigments, H.7-3/4 in., W.5-1/2 in. Zapotec culture, probably from Monted Alban IIIb period. Form is that of seated rain deity, Cocijo, with body partly formed by cylindrical urn shaped on back. Cocijo has an elaborate headdress which opens to reveal his face. http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/400/funerary-urn Artist Unknown (Zapotec)