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Clay vessel

Three-footed, round-bottomed bowl with a wide overhanging rim. The object has three massive, conical feet. It has been smoothed and sanded on both sides. Its exterior was primed and painted. The primer and paint are partially eroded. Several fractures appear on the rim. The pottery has a red base colour, which was painted white and black on the outside of the vessel. There is an upright white band running around the wall. It is decorated with a broad black line. Four bundles of lines appear on the flattened lip. They consist of parallel white lines painted on a black background. The inside of the object remains undecorated. After Lothrop 1926: Nicoya black line ware. According to Lehmann 1913: El Viejo style. Cultural significance: although the Tola Tricromo group is considered a diagnostic indicator of the Policromo Antiguo (800-500d.C.), Bonilla et al. (1987) date it to the period of zoned two-coloured pottery. The Costa Rican variant López has been documented above all in the Bahía de Culebra and in the valley of the Río Tempisque. It seems to have emerged from the Rosales Esgrafiado en zonas group (500d.C.-500a.C.). The Nicaraguan variant Tola has many similarities with the Chávez Blanco sobre Rojo group (800-500d.C.). (Künne 2004)

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Cataloguing data

Object type
crock
Dimensions
Wandstärke: 0,75 cm
Depth: 17,1 cm
Diameter: 10,4 cm
Diameter: 14 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 43746

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    Bicromo en zonas (500 BC - 500 AD)
    where
    Costa Rica
    Guanacaste
    Filadelfia
    El Viejo
    Huaca E
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Archaeology

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