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Rim sherd of a clay bowl

Rim sherd of a bowl. The fragment was smoothed on both sides, slurried, primed, painted and polished. The primer and paint are partially eroded. The fragment has a white-yellowish base colour, which is painted red-orange and black-brown. The outside of the object is decorated with two horizontal bands below the rim, which are coloured red-orange. On the inside of the sherd is an ornamental band on the lower edge consisting of interlocking triangles. Below this are two vertical, horizontal, black-brown lines. A snake-like motif is attached to the lower line. The creature has an open maw and a coiled body. The dotted, unfinished figure appears as an outline and is surrounded by a red-orange coloured area. A deep black-brown line and two red-orange bands complete the decoration. Fragments IV Ca 47904 j and IV Ca 47904 m belong to different objects. Cultural significance: the objects of the Papagayo Policromo group represent the beginning of polychrome painting on a white-yellowish ground in the Gran Nicoya region. The tradition lasted until the Policromo Tardío (1350-1520d.C.). Their decoration shows a strong Mesoamerican influence. This manifested itself in the replacement of lizard and bat themes with depictions of cats of prey and snakes. The pottery served as a supra-regional commodity. The Alfredo variant is characterised by black-brown and red-orange bands running around it. (Künne 2004)

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Object type
Rim sherd of a clay bowl
Dimensions
Mündung: 20 cm
Wandstärke: 0,6 cm
Objektmaß: 8,2 x 10,9 x 2,4 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 47904 j

Provenance and sources

when
Policromo Medio (800 - 1350)
where
Costa Rica
Guanacaste [Provinz]
Sardinal [Stadt]

who
Lehmann, Walter - Collectors

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