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Clay bowl

Bowl with a wide overhanging rim, straight wall and flat base. The object was smoothed on both sides, slurried, primed, painted and highly polished. The ceramic has a red-brown base colour, which is painted red and black-brown. The outer rim is decorated with a black-brown band around the edge. There are red lines running around the wall. Two semi-circular fields with scale-like motifs appear on the floor. The sectors are bordered by two bundles of red lines separated by a black and brown stripe. The inner edge is decorated by a surrounding frieze with stepped elements. A black and brown band runs along the wall. A lizard-like creature appears in the base of the bowl, depicted in side profile. According to Lothrop 1926: Nicoya polychrome ware, alligator motif, type A. Cultural significance: the pottery is known both from burials and from household contexts. It is related to the Mora Policromo group (1350-800d.C.). Similar lizard motifs are also known from the polychrome pottery (Buenos Aires Policromo, 1550-800d.C.) of the Gran-Chiriquí region. (Künne 2004)

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Object type
Clay bowl
Dimensions
Objektmaß: 7,8 x 20,5 x 20,1 cm
Wandstärke: 0,65 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 41073

Provenance and sources

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

who
Lehmann, Walter - Former Possessors

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