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Clay vessel

Three-footed, round-bottomed bowl with overhanging rim. The object has three flat arched feet. It has been smoothed, slurried, primed and lightly polished on both sides. The primer is partially eroded. The monochrome utility pottery has a red base colour. According to Lehmann 1913: El Viejo style. Cultural significance: the object form is reminiscent of the Tola Tricromo group (500-300d.C.). (Künne 2004)

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Cataloguing data

Object type
crock
Dimensions
Diameter: 11,8 cm
Wandstärke: 0,9 cm
Depth: 5,9 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 43916

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    300 - 500 (?)
    where
    Costa Rica
    Guanacaste
    Filadelfia
    Nicoya
    El Viejo
    Huaca E
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Archaeology

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