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Clay vessel

Fragmented, cylindrical neck with wall attachment and shouldered spout. The object has a flaring rim and sculptural applications on the neck, which were decorated with dotted decoration. The outside of the ceramic is smoothed, slurried, primed, painted and highly polished. The pottery has a brown base colour, which was painted red on the rim. On the outside of the fragmented neck is an engraved, anthropomorphic face, which is separated from the rest of the body by an attached bead. According to Lothrop 1926: chocolate ware. (Künne 2004)

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Object type
crock
Dimensions
Wandstärke: 0,55 cm
Öffnung: 4,1 cm
Mündung: 5,6 cm
Objektmaß: 6,8 x 9,4 x 10,5 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 41395

Provenance and sources

when
1200 - 1550
where
Costa Rica
Guanacaste [Provinz]
Santa Cruz [Kanton]
Santa Bárbara [Ort]

who
Lehmann, Walter - Former Possessors

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