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Clay vessel

Small jug with a rounded base and deep rim. The object has a retracting wall and a short neck with a projecting rim. On the wall is a medium-sized, superimposed face belonging to an anthropomorphic figure. The pottery had a central, vertical strap handle. The object was smoothed, slurried and primed on both sides. Its exterior is painted. The primer and paint are partially eroded. The strap handle is completely fragmented. The pottery has an orange base colour, which is painted red on the outside of the vessel. There is a circumferential frieze on the wall, which is bordered by two horizontal lines. It consists of six trapezoidal sectors. The largest pictorial field shows a realistically designed, anthropomorphic face. It combines applied, painted and engraved attributes. Two further fields enclose the ears of the depicted creature. The opposing image fields are decorated with painted geometric motifs. The inside of the neck of the vessel is coloured orange. Cultural significance: the type is related to the Pavas complex (400d.C.-200a.C.), which occurs in the Valle Central (Central Highlands). (Künne 2004)

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Object type
crock
Dimensions
Höhe: 10,2 cm
Mündung: 6,3 cm
Durchmesser: (Objekt) 12,5 cm
Öffnung: 3,9 cm
Durchmesser: (Körper) 11,7 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 44886

Provenance and sources

when
100 B.C. - 500 A.D.
where
Costa Rica
Cartago [Provinz]
Turrialba [Ort]

who
Lehmann, Walter - Collectors

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