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Clay vessel

Three-legged, pointed-bottomed jug with a high rim, short neck and overhanging rim. The object has a vertical strap handle on the rim. There are several bead-shaped supports on the neck and handle. The tall, anthropomorphic legs are decorated with engraved dots and notches. They have small openings and rattle beads. Both sides of the vessel have been smoothed, slurried and primed. Red colour residues and traces of salt residue are visible on the jug. The monochrome pottery had a red-brown base colour. The vessel is decorated with several shouldered linear fields consisting of vertical incisions. Their legs represent standing female figures clutching their bodies. The head, navel, vagina and kneecaps were particularly emphasised. After Holmes 1888: Tripod Group. After MacCurdy 1911: Fish Ware. According to 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
Gewicht: 1,1 kg
Objektmaß: 19 x 16,7 x 15,9 cm
Öffnung: 8 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 41565

Provenance and sources

when
Ceiba Rojo Café (800 - 1550 AD)
where
Costa Rica
Punta Arenas [Provinz]
Buenos Aires [Ort]

who
Lehmann, Walter - Collectors
Florimond Duc de Loubat (1831-03-31 - 1927-02-28) - Former Possessors

Description
Donation from Florimond Duc de Loubat 1910

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