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Clay vessel

Ovaloid jug with two cylindrical legs and an arched foot. The object has a flowing neck base and a slightly overhanging rim. The body is decorated with a medium-sized, zoomorphic head protome containing a rattle ball. The hollow legs have two narrow, vertical openings at the front, through which a rattle ball is visible. The pottery has two central, vertical ribbon handles, which were designed as arms. The figurine vessel was smoothed, slurried and primed on both sides. Its exterior is polychrome painted and highly polished. The painting technique of the zoomorphic motifs simulates negative decoration. The painting is heavily eroded, particularly on the back of the object. The base of the arch was probably not restored true to the original. (Künne 2005) The iconographic, cultural and symbolic significance of this object from the Lehmann Collection cannot be incorporated until the "Long Description" text field has been expanded.

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Object type
crock
Dimensions
Mündung: 10,2 cm
Gewicht: ca. 2200 g
Wandstärke: 0,65 cm
Objektmaß: 27,1 x 22,5 x 23,4 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 41136

Provenance and sources

when
Policromo Medio (800 - 1350)
where
Costa Rica
Guanacaste [Provinz]
Santa Cruz [Kanton]
Santa Bárbara [Ort]

who
Lehmann, Walter - Former Possessors

Description
Purchase from Walter Lehmann 1909

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