Pre-Columbian Cocle Zahina polychrome animal effigy vessel 52” and “980

52” and “980

ritual figure

This piece was presented to him by local people during one of his many field trips in the 1960s

Nevada Estate

Despite minor losses

Pre-Columbian Cocle Zahina polychrome animal effigy vessel 52” and “980COCL POLYCHROME POTTERY ANIMAL EFFIGY VESSEL Zahina Phase (Early Cocl), Gran Cocl Region, Panama, ca. 200400 AD Height: 5 in (14. 6 cm) Diameter: 6 in (17. 1 cm) A finely modeled Zahina phase Cocl polychrome effigy vessel depicting a stylized anthropo zoomorphic figure. The cream slipped face projects from the rim, with large circular eyes, a raised nose, and painted facial details in red and black. The globular body is richly decorated in red slip