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Clay vessel

Small, spherical jug with a high, slightly convex neck. The object has an oval mouth and a beaded, reinforced rim. There is an anthropomorphic face on the neck with applied and painted attributes. Both sides of the vessel have been smoothened and smudged. Its exterior is primed and painted twice. The priming and painting are heavily eroded. There is a flaw on the rim. A red-brown base colour appears on the body and rim. It is replaced on the neck by a white-yellowish ground colour, which shows remnants of black-brown painting. The neck is decorated with an anthropomorphic face with ears, eyes and nose. The flattened shape of the opposite side possibly indicates a skull deformation. A black-brown band runs along the base of the neck. The inside of the object remains undecorated. According to Lothrop 1926: Nandaime ware. Cultural significance: the mould inventory of the group exclusively comprises jugs, which often have a spherical body. Their diagnostic decoration indicates a typological relationship with the Mora Policromo, variedad Guabal group (1200-800d.C.). (Künne 2004)

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Object type
crock
Dimensions
Öffnung: 6,2 cm
Objektmaß: 12,5 x 10,3 x 10,3 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 48643

Provenance and sources

when
Policromo Medio (800 - 1350)
where
Costa Rica

who
Lehmann, Walter - Collectors

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