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Clay vessel

Small, round-bottomed jug with a short neck. The object has a projecting rim with a thickened lip on both sides. There are two vertical round handles on the shoulder, symbolising a zoomorphic creature. The neck, shoulder and handle have incised and notched decoration. Both sides of the vessel have been smoothed, slurried and primed. The primer is almost completely eroded. There are red colour residues on the rim. The monochrome object has a red-brown base colour. There are two opposing, horizontal wavy bands on the neck, which have been notched. The shoulder and the flowing neck base have horizontal, linear incisions. On the body there are several central, rectangular pictorial fields made up of vertical and horizontal groups of lines. There are notches on the horizontal decorations. According to Holmes (1888) and MacCurdy (1911): handled group. After Osgood (1935): Fish tripod handled ware. According to Haberland (1979, 1984): Carbonera Aplicado. Cultural significance: the Ceiba Rojo Café type mainly comprises utilitarian ceramics. It has been documented both in household contexts and in burials. The variant is related to the La Cabaña Aplicado group (1550-1000d.C.), which belongs to the ceramic system of the central highlands and the Atlantic slope of Costa Rica. (Künne 2004)

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Cataloguing data

Object type
crock
Dimensions
Height: 11 cm
Depth: 12,9 cm
Width: 13,1 cm
Diameter: 5,9 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 41444

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    800 - 1550
    where
    Costa Rica
    Punta Arenas
    Boruca
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Archaeology

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