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Clay bowl

Round-bottomed bowl with retracting rim. The object has been smoothed, slurried, primed, painted and polished on both sides. The paint and primer are partially eroded. The ceramic has an orange base colour, which was painted black and red. The object has a black band around the rim. On the outside of the vessel wall there is a central, circumferential frieze. It shows vertical stripes and lines that lie between two circumferential bundles of lines. On the inside of the vessel wall there are two vertical, circumferential red lines. According to Lothrop 1926: Nicoya polychrome ware. Cultural significance: the pottery is known both from burials and from household contexts. It is related to the Mora Policromo group (1350-800d.C.). (Künne 2004)

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Object type
Clay bowl
Dimensions
Wandstärke: 0,65 cm
Objektmaß: 10,4 x 20 x 20,2 cm
Öffnung: 17,4 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 44575

Provenance and sources

when
Policromo Medio (800 - 1350)
where
Costa Rica
Guanacaste [Provinz]
Corralillos [Ort]

who
Lehmann, Walter - Collectors

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