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Clay vessel

Three-legged, bulbous jug. The round-bottomed object has a short neck with a projecting rim. The pottery is decorated with a circumferential bead under the rim, which has stitch marks. The hollow, anthropomorphic legs have narrow openings and rattle beads. Both sides of the vessel have been smoothed, sanded and primed. There are traces of red paint on the legs. Several fractures appear on the rim, body and legs. The pottery has a red-brown base colour. The legs of the monochrome vessel are formed by standing female figures who appear to be bending forwards. They are holding their abdomens with both hands. Below the rim, the object is decorated with an attached band featuring a zoomorphic head protomenon. After Holmes 1888: Tripod Group. After MacCurdy 1911: Fish Ware. After Lothrop 1926: San Isidro Group. According to Osgood 1935: Fish-Tripod-Handled Ware. Cultural significance: the Tripod Group (Holmes 1888) is widespread as far as the Costa Rican highlands. The Ceiba Rojo Café type mainly comprises utilitarian ceramics. It has been documented both in household contexts and in burials. (Künne 2004)

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Object type
crock
Dimensions
Mündung: 6,4 cm
Wandstärke: 0,7 cm
Objektmaß: 16 x 16,2 x 14,9 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 41564

Provenance and sources

when
800 - 1550
where
Costa Rica
San José [Provinz]
El General [Ort]

who
Lehmann, Walter - Collectors

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