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Clay vessel

Spherical jug with a short, straight neck featuring sculptural decoration. The object has been smoothed and sanded on both sides. Its exterior is primed and painted. The primer and paint are partially eroded. There are small fractures on the rim. The pottery has a brown base colour, which was painted black-brown on the outside of the vessel. There is an anthropomorphic face on the neck, which appears to be wearing a mask. It has both painted (pupils) and applied (eyes, nose, ears) attributes. The shoulder is decorated with a surrounding frieze bordered by horizontal lines. It shows diagonal bundles of lines imitating textile or wickerwork. There are also five circumferential bands on the body. The rim is decorated on both sides by a circumferential band. The neck and body remain undecorated. According to Lothrop 1926: Nicoya black line ware. Cultural significance: the type was documented in burials. Its mould inventory comprises only jugs. (Künne 2004)

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Cataloguing data

Object type
crock
Dimensions
Diameter: 6,5 cm
Height: 20,4 cm
Depth: 22,3 cm
Width: 22,1 cm
Weight: 1,8 kg
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 45761

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    Policromo Medio (800 - 1350)
    where
    Costa Rica
    Guanacaste
    Santa Cruz
    Santa Bárbara
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    Description
    Purchase from Walter Lehmann 1909
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Archaeology

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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