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Clay vessel

Small bowl with fragmented base ring, convex wall and slightly overhanging rim. The pottery has two fragmented handles on the shoulders. The body is decorated with sculptural applications and dimples. The object was smoothed and slurried on both sides. Its exterior is primed and painted. The vessel has several cracks. The ceramic has a thin, white-brownish base colour, which is painted red on the outside of the object. There is a horizontal red band on the lip. The shoulder is decorated with four opposing, oval sectors, which have dimple-shaped indentations and are painted red. A horizontal, twisted cord runs along the central parts of the body. The interior of the object remains undecorated except for the white-brownish primed rim. According to Lothrop 1926: Curridabat ware, type B. Cultural significance: typological relationship with the San Miguel Galleta group (1550-1000d.C.). (Künne 2004)

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Cataloguing data

Object type
crock
Dimensions
Diameter: 8,5 cm
Diameter: 7,2 cm
Diameter: 13,1 cm
Diameter: 12,1 cm
Wandstärke: 0,5 cm
Depth: 8,7 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 45937

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    1000 - 1550
    where
    Costa Rica
    Cartago
    Chinchilla
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Archaeology

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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