Remojadas / Howling Canine / 5th?6th centuryRemojadas
Howling Canine
5th?6th century

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Creator Nationality: North American; Central American; Mesoamerican; Remojadas
Creator Name-CRT: Remojadas
Title: Howling Canine
View: Principal view
Creation Start Date: 400
Creation End Date: 599
Creation Date: 5th?6th century
Creation Place: Mexico
Object Type: Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Materials and Techniques: ceramic
Dimensions: H. 20 in. (50.8 cm)
Description: The ancient inhabitants of the coast of the Gulf of Mexico in the region that is now the state of Veracruz had great command of the ceramic medium and produced a wide variety of ceramic sculptures for many hundreds, if not thousands, of years. Tentatively grouped today into styles that are named for specific places, such as Remojadas, the works produced during the first millennium A.D. include many of substantial scale and assertive presence, such as the howling animal illustrated here. It has been identified as both a coyote and a dog, as it lacks any detail that might distinguish one from the other. Sculpturally spontaneous, however, with the unpolished surface favored at the time it was made, the animal conveys its message without needing a more exact identity.
AMICA Contributor: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Owner Location: New York, New York
ID Number: 1978.412.59
Credit Line: The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Purchase, Nelson A. Rockefeller Gift, 1961
Copyright: Copyright ? 2002 The Metropolitan Museum of Art. All rights reserved.
Rights: http://www.metmuseum.org/education/er_photo_lib.asp
AMICA ID: MMA_.1978.412.59
AMICA Library Year: 2002
Media Metadata Rights: Copyright (c) 2002 The Metropolitan Museum of Art. All Rights Reserved

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