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Clay vessel

Square bowl with a round base. On the outside of the straight vessel wall are two opposing, anthropomorphic protomes. Both appliqués are hollow and probably had rattle beads. The object is decorated with two carvings on the wall. It has been smoothed, slurried and primed on both sides. One protome is fragmented. The monochrome vessel has a red-brown ground colour. The anthropomorphic protomes wear a cap and ear jewellery. They are bending their arms and legs and holding their hands to their stomachs. Their mouths are open. The opposing incised decorations show two seated, anthropomorphic beings who appear from a frontal perspective. They are raising their arms and spreading their legs. A similar figure appears in Lothrop (1926) as a white line ware pattern, type C. The inside of the object remains undecorated. (Künne 2004)

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Object type
crock
Dimensions
Objektmaß: 10,4 x 9,8 x 16 cm
Wandstärke: 0,7 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 41641

Provenance and sources

where
Costa Rica
Guanacaste [Provinz]
Santa Cruz [Kanton]
Nicoya [Halbinsel]
Santa Bárbara [Ort]

who
Lehmann, Walter - Collectors

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