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Clay vessel

Small bowl with a slightly concave wall. The object has a hollow stand with a fragmented, flat base. The matt vessel has been smoothed, slurried, primed and painted on both sides. The primer and paint are partially eroded. The pottery has a white-yellowish base colour, which was painted red and black. On the outside of the vessel wall there is a high, circumferential frieze. It shows a red, zoomorphic creature that appears in side profile. The reclining, lizard-like figure is highly stylised. It alternates with sectors consisting of vertical black lines. The base is marked by two deep red bands. The base has two opposing, cross-shaped openings. They are separated from each other by red, rectangular motifs with a horizontal stripe in the centre. Irregular traces of a white-yellowish primer are visible on the inside of the bowl. After Lothrop (1926): Nicoya polychrome ware. Cultural significance: the pottery cites attributes of the Papagayo Policromo group (1350-800d.C.). (Künne 2004)

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Cataloguing data

Object type
crock
Dimensions
Height: 9,9 cm
Depth: 11,2 cm
Width: 11,2 cm
Diameter: 9 cm
Wandstärke: 0,7 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 48661

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    1000 - 1350
    where
    Costa Rica
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Archaeology

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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