Tripod Vessel

Culture: Colima
Period: Late Formative period, c.300 BCE–300 CE
Date: c.300 BCE–300 CE
Material: Ceramic
from: Colima state, Mexico, North and Central America
Classification: Ceramics, containers
Collection: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Current Location: Not on view
Dimensions: 7 1/16 x 4 3/4 in. (18 x 12.1 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Morton D. May
Rights: Public Domain
Object Number: 327:1978

- 1958
Primus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA

1958 - 1978
Morton D. May (1914–1983), St. Louis, MO, purchased from Primus Gallery [1]

1978 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, given by Morton D. May [2]

Notes:
[1] Per invoice from Primus Gallery to Morton D. May dated September 27, 1958 [SLAM archives].

[2] A letter from Morton D. May to James N. Wood dated September 19, 1978 records this donation [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Acquisitions Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, December 13, 1978.

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