Production
-
where
-
Costa RicaNicoya
Photographer: Andrea Blumtritt | Rights management: Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Attribution - NonCommercial - ShareAlike 4.0 International
Full screen
Initial display
Zoom in
Zoom out
Previous image
Next image
Downloads the object
This collection item does not have a name in the language of origin. If you know the name or have comments, use this form to contact the data-providing institution.
Figure
Torso of a small, seated, anthropomorphic figure stretching out its legs. The figure has two massive arms, which it is raising on its hips. Its head is not depicted. The pottery has been smoothed, slurried, primed and painted. The primer and paint are almost completely eroded. The sculpture has a white-yellowish base colour, which was painted black-brown. Ferrero (1975) and Healy (1980) refer to seated and standing anthropomorphic figures that can wear an open or closed headdress. Symbolic meaning: according to Bonilla et al. (1987), the object probably represents a pregnant woman. Stevenson-Day (1997) interprets the female sculptures of the Mora group as shamans. According to Lothrop 1926: Nicoya polychrome ware. Cultural significance: the ceramics of the Mora group were produced in the north-west of Costa Rica and traded to the Central Highlands and the Atlantic region of the country. It uses design elements (seated anthropomorphic figures with headdresses, mat motif, Kan cross) that are also known from the Maya ceramics (Copador group) of the Clásico Tardío (900-600d.C.). The anthropomorphic figures of the Guabal variant show greater representational schematism compared to the anthropomorphic sculptures of the zoned bicoloured pottery (Rosales Esgrafiado) and the Policromo Antiguo (Galo Policromo group). (Künne 2004)
This content was machine-translated
- Data Provider
- Ethnologisches Museum Show original at data provider
Cataloguing data
- Object type
- Figure
- Dimensions
-
Height: 5,2 cm
Depth: 5,2 cm
Width: 4 cm - Material/Technique
-
Sound
- Current location
- Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
- Inventory number
- IV Ca 48775
Provenance and sources
-
Production
-
Collecting
-
Assignment to a curated holding:
American Archaeology
Information about the record
- Legal status metadata
- CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
Related objects
This collection item does not have a name in the language of origin. If you know the name or have comments, use this form to contact the data-providing institution.
Save
Clay fragment
This collection item does not have a name in the language of origin. If you know the name or have comments, use this form to contact the data-providing institution.
Save
Eleven clay vessels and clay figures from the Museo Nacional, San José (Costa Rica)
This collection item does not have a name in the language of origin. If you know the name or have comments, use this form to contact the data-providing institution.
Save
Clay vessel
This collection item does not have a name in the language of origin. If you know the name or have comments, use this form to contact the data-providing institution.
Save
Stonemasonry
This collection item does not have a name in the language of origin. If you know the name or have comments, use this form to contact the data-providing institution.
Save
Greenstone head (ornamental)
This collection item does not have a name in the language of origin. If you know the name or have comments, use this form to contact the data-providing institution.
Save
Clay vessel
This collection item does not have a name in the language of origin. If you know the name or have comments, use this form to contact the data-providing institution.
Save
Stone axe blade
This collection item does not have a name in the language of origin. If you know the name or have comments, use this form to contact the data-providing institution.
Save
Clay vessel
This collection item does not have a name in the language of origin. If you know the name or have comments, use this form to contact the data-providing institution.
Save
Clay shard of a vessel
This collection item does not have a name in the language of origin. If you know the name or have comments, use this form to contact the data-providing institution.
Save
Fragment of a clay vessel
This collection item does not have a name in the language of origin. If you know the name or have comments, use this form to contact the data-providing institution.
Save
Clay figure
This content was machine-translated