Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Effigy Head with Spout

Maker Dominican Republic, Taino

Dateundated

Made/manufacturedNorth and Central America

MediumClay with pigments

Dimensions5 x 4 1/2 x 4 in. (12.7 x 11.4 x 10.2 cm)

ClassificationsSculpture

Credit LineGift of Rod McGalliard

Object number1995.28.134

Collections

ANCIENT AMERICAN

DescriptionHuman; repairs and broken edges indicate this piece is the top of a vessel that has been broken off; hollow; carved face with circular eyes and protruding nose; spout rises out of top of head; thick and flaring lip; carved & painted designs.