Minneapolis Institute of Art
Vessel
Colima artist
- Date
- c. 300 BCE–200 CE
- Medium
- Clay
- Culture
- Colima
- Department
- Arts of the Americas
- Institution
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
Squash were staple crops of ancient Mexico--dried versions were some of the earliest containers for food and drink. This deep orange, symmetrical pot perches on three feet in the form of parrots. Parrots and pumpkins were both associated with fertility and abundance in ancient Colima. Americas
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