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Clay vessel

Three-footed, round-bottomed bowl with a central rim and a high, slightly concave neck. The object has a projecting rim with a bevelled lip. The pottery has three flat arched feet. The vessel has been smoothed on both sides, slurried, primed and lightly polished. The primer is partially eroded. There is a large break at the neck. The monochrome utility pottery has a red base colour. According to Lehmann 1913: El Viejo style. Cultural significance: the object form is reminiscent of the Zelaya Pintado, variedad tricromo group (500d.C.-300a.C.). (Künne 2004)

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Cataloguing data

Object type
crock
Dimensions
Wandstärke: 1 cm
Height: 11,5 cm
Depth: 22,4 cm
Width: 23,5 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 43802

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    300 B.C. - ca. 500 A.D.
    where
    Costa Rica
    Guanacaste
    Filadelfia
    El Viejo
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Archaeology

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