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Clay bowl

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Two-part object that can be understood as a flat plate with a hollow base. There is a circumferential band around the edge of the base consisting of applied anthropomorphic head protomes. The ceramic is smoothed and slurried. Its working surface has been primed and polished. The restored object has several fractures. The working and storage surface has an orange-red base colour. The rim of the plate is decorated with stylised skull or head depictions with dotted decoration. They possibly represent trophy heads. Social significance: Snarskis (1981) interprets a similar object, which is made of stone and comes from the Costa Rican highlands, as a ceremonial metate. Cultural significance: similar forms are known from stone objects originating from the Central Highlands of Costa Rica (Stone 1977: 189, Fig. 259; Snarskis 1981: 213, photo 200). (Künne 2004)

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Cataloguing data

Object type
Clay bowl
Dimensions
Depth: 12,5 cm
Wandstärke: 0,9 cm
Diameter: 18,5 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 41469

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Costa Rica
    Cartago
    Paso de Ancho
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Archaeology

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