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Clay bowl

Three-legged bowl with a broad, flattened rim. The bevelled lip was decorated with incised decoration. The three conical, strongly curved legs are hollow. They have a rattle ball and sculptural applications. The object was smoothed, sanded, primed and highly polished on both sides. The legs were left unsmoothed. The primer is partially eroded. The bichrome ceramic has a red-orange base colour. The unpainted legs are completely covered by conical knobs. There are circumferential lines on the broad lip. According to Lothrop 1926: orange brown ware. According to Lehmann 1913: El Viejo style. Cultural significance: the type is known both from burials and from household contexts. Its ceramics show design influences from the Central Highlands and the Atlantic Slope of Costa Rica. (Künne 2004)

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Object type
Clay bowl
Dimensions
Objektmaß: 9,5 x 20,8 x 21,2 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 41336

Provenance and sources

when
Bicromo en zonas (500 BC - 500 AD)
where
Costa Rica
Guanacaste [Provinz]
Filadelfia [Kanton]
El Viejo [Ort]

who
Lehmann, Walter - Collectors

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