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Clay pot stand

Small, two-part vessel stand. The object has two opposing, round mouths and a strongly concave wall. There are two massive, zoomorphic head protomes on the rim, which lie opposite each other. The ceramic was smoothed on both sides, slurried, primed, painted and lightly polished. The primer and paint are partially eroded. The restored object has several fractures. The ceramic has a white-reddish base colour, which is painted red-orange. Both sides of the two object links are decorated with red-orange triangles. According to Lothrop (1926): highland, red line ware. Cultural significance: only a few polychrome ceramics appear in the ceramic system of the Central Highlands of Costa Rica. Their position is largely replaced by groups with monochrome or bicolour decoration. (Künne 2004)

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Object type
Clay pot stand
Dimensions
Höhe: 8 cm
Wandstärke: 0,7 cm
Durchmesser: 13 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 48697

Provenance and sources

when
1000 - 1550
where
Costa Rica

who
Lehmann, Walter - Collectors

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