Olla Fantastica Storage Vessel with Anaconda, Turtle, and Tortoise Motifs

Provenance

Estela Dagua (Jacinta Esthela Dagua Malaber, 1951–?), Puyo, Ecuador, 1986; sold to the Sacha Runa Research Foundation, Urbana, IL, 1986 [according to correspondence from Norman Whitten, President, Sacha Runa Research Foundation, in curatorial object file]; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2020.

Olla Fantastica Storage Vessel with Anaconda, Turtle, and Tortoise Motifs

Canelos Quichua

1986

Accession Number

256281

Medium

Ceramic, pigment, and shinquillu lacquer, possibly from the Brazilian Elemi (Protium heptophyllum)

Dimensions

30.5 × 30.5 cm (12 × 12 in.)

Classification

N/A

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Arnold H. Crane Endowment Fund