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Clay vessel

The so-called Tlaloc vessels appear to occur exclusively in connection with burials and show a strong influence from Mesoamerica within Central American ceramics. The faces share key features with the Central Mexican rain god Tlaloc, such as the circles around the eyes, the fangs or the curled strip on the upper lip. Despite the great similarities, the vessels depict a Costa Rican rain god rather than the Central Mexican Tlaloc. As the vessels have no precursors in the Nicoya region, they are regarded as evidence of the first transregional contacts with Mesoamerica. A. Nicklisch 2003

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Cataloguing data

Object type
crock
Dimensions
Wandstärke: 0,75 cm
Diameter: 9,75 cm
Weight: 1,3 kg
Height: 18,6 cm
Depth: 19,6 cm
Width: 18,3 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 41643

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    Policromo Medio (800 - 1350)
    where
    Costa Rica
    Guanacaste
    Nicoya
    Santa Bárbara
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    Description
    Purchase from Walter Lehmann 1909
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Archaeology

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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