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Clay vessel

Three-footed, round-bottomed bowl with a central rim, straight wall and bulging, thickened rim. The object has three arched feet. It was smoothed, slurried, primed and painted on both sides. The ceramic has a red-orange base colour, which was painted black. There is a circumferential frieze on the outside of the bowl wall, which shows black, hourglass-like motifs and vertical stripes. The base is decorated with vertical stripes. Short vertical stripes also appear on the inner rim. After Lothrop 1926: Nicoya black line ware, hanging line motifs. According to Lehmann 1913: El Viejo style. Cultural significance: Utility pottery. The group occurs almost exclusively in settlement contexts. The type has so far only been documented south of the Bahía de Culebra and west of the Río Tempisque. Its objects are related to the El Bosque complex (El Bosque Rojo sobre Agamuzado) of the Atlantic lowlands. (Künne 2004)

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Object type
crock
Dimensions
Höhe: 7,6 cm
Durchmesser: (Objekt) 10,8 cm
Mündung: 8,3 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 41081

Provenance and sources

when
Bicromo en zonas (500 BC - 500 AD)
where
Costa Rica
Nicoya [Stadt]

who
Lehmann, Walter - Former Possessors

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