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Clay vessel

Small, three-legged jug in the shape of an anthropomorphic head. The bulbous object has a short neck and short, massive legs. The body is decorated with applied sculptural decoration and painted red. The pottery has been smoothed and slipped on both sides. Its rim is fragmented. The body is decorated with a sculptural, anthropomorphic face painted with vertical red stripes. The inside of the object remains undecorated except for the red-painted rim. After Lothrop 1926: red line ware. (Künne 2004)

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Object type
crock
Dimensions
Durchmesser: (Objekt) 6 cm
Mündung: 3 cm
Durchmesser: (Körper) 5,5 cm
Höhe: 5,25 cm
Wandstärke: 0,45 cm
Öffnung: 2,2 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 41555

Provenance and sources

when
100 B.C. - 500 A.D.
where
Costa Rica
Cartago [Stadt]
El Bosque [Ort]

who
Lehmann, Walter - Collectors

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