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Clay bowl

Three-legged bowl with a slightly concave wall. The legs have narrow, vertical openings and rattle balls. The object was smoothed on both sides, slurried, primed, painted and highly polished. The ceramic has a white-yellowish base colour, which is painted red, orange, brown and black. There is a continuous line of lines around the inner edge. The wall is decorated with a surrounding frieze, which is divided into four pictorial fields. The central motif shows an avimorphic creature. It is repeated as a painting on the ground and as a vascular leg. On the outer wall there is a central, surrounding frieze consisting of triangles. Below this, several deep, encircling lines appear. According to Lothrop 1926: highland polychrome ware, plumed serpent, type B. Cultural significance: this type was produced exclusively in the south of the Gran Nicoya region. It stands out due to the colour range of its decoration, a fine line and the depiction of moving figures. The pottery is mainly known from burials. (Künne 2004)

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Object type
Clay bowl
Dimensions
Objektmaß: 11,3 x 19,4 x 19,5 cm
Wandstärke: 0,7 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 41512

Provenance and sources

when
Policromo Medio (800 - 1350)
where
Costa Rica
Cartago [Provinz]
Navarrito [Ort]

who
Lehmann, Walter - Collectors

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