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Clay vessel

Small cylindrical jug with a high rim and a domed base. The object has a short, slightly conical neck with a bulging, thickened rim. There are two circumferential stitch band decorations on the neck and the rim. The body is decorated with three vertical indentations extending from the base to the shoulder. The outside of the object has been smoothed, sanded, primed and polished. The primer is partially fragmented. The bichrome ceramic has a brown base colour. The lip was painted red. According to Holmes 1888: black incised ware. According to Lothrop 1926: black ware. Cultural significance: pottery of supra-regional distribution, produced in periods VI (1550-1000d.C.) and V (1000-500d.C.) in the Central Highlands, on the Atlantic slope and in the Diquís region. (Künne 2004)

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cataloguing data

Object type
crock
Dimensions
Durchmesser: 6,9 cm
Höhe: 8,7 cm
Öffnung: 2 cm
Wandstärke: 0,5 cm
Mündung: 3,3 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 41392

Provenance and sources

when
800 - 1550
where
Costa Rica

who
Lehmann, Walter - Former Possessors

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