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Clay vessel

Spherical, neckless jug with a wide, overhanging rim. The object has been smoothed and polished on both sides. Its exterior is primed, painted and polished. The primer and paint are partially eroded. The pottery has a red base colour, which is painted black on the outside of the vessel. There is a broad, all-round line on the rim. The body is decorated with three shouldered, horizontal line fields. They are made up of circumferential, straight lines and circumferential wavy lines. Three vertical bundles of lines, consisting of three thin, parallel lines, hang down from the lowest line. The inside of the rim is painted red. After Lothrop 1926: Nicoya black line ware, hanging line motif. According to Lehmann 1913: El Viejo style. Cultural significance: the type also occurs in the Cordillera de Guanacaste and in the Atlántico Norte region. It has been documented both in burials and in household contexts. (Künne 2004)

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cataloguing data

Object type
crock
Dimensions
Wandstärke: 0,65 cm
Höhe: 12,35 cm
Durchmesser: 14,1 cm
Mündung: 6,9 cm
Öffnung: 5,1 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 43653

Provenance and sources

when
Bicromo en zonas (500 BC - 500 AD)
where
Costa Rica
Guanacaste [Provinz]
Bagaces [Kanton]
Bagaces [Stadt]
Aromal [Ort]

who
Lehmann, Walter - Collectors

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