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Clay vessel

Small, round-bottomed bowl with a high, straight wall. The three short, hollow legs have narrow, vertical openings and rattle balls. The object has been smoothed on both sides, slurried, primed, painted and lightly polished. The paint and primer are partially eroded. There is a crack on the wall. The pottery has a white-yellowish base colour, which was painted red. On the outside of the vessel wall there are three rectangular pictorial fields divided by a vertical stripe. Each leg has a T-shaped decoration. The inside of the vessel wall is decorated with two black lines running around the lower edge. A red band runs along the rim. According to Lothrop 1926: highland, red line ware, type A. Cultural significance: only a few polychrome ceramics appear in the ceramic system of the Central Highlands of Costa Rica. Their position is largely replaced by groups with monochrome or bicolour decoration. (Künne 2004)

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Object type
crock
Dimensions
Durchmesser: (Schale) 11,8 cm
Wandstärke: 0,5 cm
Höhe: 8,3 cm
Durchmesser: (Objekt) 12,4 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 45086

Provenance and sources

when
1000 - 1550
where
Costa Rica
Cartago [Provinz]
San Isidro de Arenilla [Ort]

who
Lehmann, Walter - Collectors

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