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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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Cataloguing data

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

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    1200 - 1550
    where
    Costa Rica
    Guanacaste
    Santa Cruz
    Santa Bárbara
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Archaeology

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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