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Clay vessel

Calabash-shaped object with a small, raised opening. The ceramic was smoothed, slurried, primed, painted and lightly polished. The base colour and painting are partially eroded. There is a fracture on the body. The ceramic has a white-yellowish base colour, which was painted black and red. On the shoulder is a circumferential frieze showing two intertwined bands (guilloche motif). It is bordered by horizontal lines and bands. Several central, vertical bundles of lines hang down from the lowest line. According to Lothrop 1926: Nicoya black line ware. Cultural significance: stylistic relationship with Charco Negro sobre Rojo (500d.C.-300a.C.), Las Palmas Rojo sobre Beige (500d.C.-300a.C.) and Cabuyal Policromo (1350-800d.C.): Bonilla et al. 1987: 78-88, 107-10, Fig. 14A, 222-24, Fig. 24B; Snarskis 1976: 62, Fig. 14F, 1983: 31, 59. (Künne 2004)

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Object type
crock
Dimensions
Durchmesser: 13,5 cm
Höhe: 14,4 cm
Wandstärke: 0,6 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 41096

Provenance and sources

when
300 B.C. - 500 A.D.
where
Costa Rica
Guanacaste [Provinz]
Filadelfia [Kanton]
El Viejo [Ort]
Hill E

who
Lehmann, Walter - Collectors

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