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Large wall sherd. The fragment has been smoothed, slurried and primed on both sides. Its exterior is painted. The paint and primer are partially eroded. Objects IV Ca 48830a-e belong to different objects. The fragment has a white-yellowish ground colour, which is painted red-orange on the outside of the object. The body is decorated with a coloured band. Irregular traces of a white-yellowish ground colour are visible on the inside of the pottery. According to Lothrop 1926: Nicoya polychrome ware. 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.). Its 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. (Künne 2004)
Assignment to a curated holding: American Archaeology
Secondary literature
IV Ca 48830 d, Tonscherbe, Policromo Medio (800 - 1350), Walter Lehmann (16.9.1878 - 2.7.1939) https://id.smb.museum/object/739348 IV Ca 48830 d, Tonscherbe, Policromo Medio (800 - 1350), Walter Lehmann (16.9.1878 - 2.7.1939)
IV Ca 48830 a, Tonscherbe, Policromo Medio (800 - 1350), Walter Lehmann (16.9.1878 - 2.7.1939) https://id.smb.museum/object/110589 IV Ca 48830 a, Tonscherbe, Policromo Medio (800 - 1350), Walter Lehmann (16.9.1878 - 2.7.1939)
IV Ca 48830 b, Tonscherbe, Policromo Medio (800 - 1350), Walter Lehmann (16.9.1878 - 2.7.1939) https://id.smb.museum/object/739346 IV Ca 48830 b, Tonscherbe, Policromo Medio (800 - 1350), Walter Lehmann (16.9.1878 - 2.7.1939)
IV Ca 48830 e, Tonscherbe, Policromo Medio (800 - 1350), Walter Lehmann (16.9.1878 - 2.7.1939) https://id.smb.museum/object/739349 IV Ca 48830 e, Tonscherbe, Policromo Medio (800 - 1350), Walter Lehmann (16.9.1878 - 2.7.1939)
