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Clay vessel

Bellied, round-bottomed jug with a strongly retracting wall. The object has a short, protruding neck. The vessel has been smoothed and slipped on both sides. Its exterior was primed, painted and highly polished. The ceramic has a brown base colour, which is painted black-brown on the outside of the object. The rim is decorated on both sides with a circumferential band. There is a frieze on the shoulder that is bordered by horizontal lines. It shows diagonal bundles of lines that imitate textile or wickerwork. There are also two low and high bands running around the body. The inside of the neck was primed in brown. The body remained undecorated. Cultural significance: the type was documented in burials. Its mould inventory comprises only jugs. (Künne 2004)

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Cataloguing data

Object type
crock
Dimensions
Diameter: 8,8 cm
Wandstärke: 0,65 cm
Diameter: 5,6 cm
Height: 19,1 cm
Depth: 22 cm
Width: 22 cm
Weight: 1.300 g
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 45738

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    Policromo Medio (800 - 1350)
    where
    Costa Rica
    Guanacaste
    Santa Cruz
    Santa Bárbara
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    Description
    Purchase from Dr 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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