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Clay vessel base

Small, solid vessel base. The conical object was designed in the shape of an anthropomorphic head. The fragment has been smoothed, slurried, primed, painted and polished. The primer and paint are partially eroded. The numbers IV Ca 47955d and IV Ca 47955e belong to different objects. The pottery has a white-brownish ground colour, which is painted red and black-brown. Vertical black-brown lines appear on the forehead of the anthropomorphic foot, suggesting a face painting. The figure has an upturned nose and large, almond-shaped eyes. The base of the foot and the mouth area are coloured red. According to Lothrop (1926): highland polychrome ware. Cultural significance: the pottery of the Mora group was 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 variant is related to the Gillén Negro sobre café claro (1350-1000d.C.) and Palmira Policromo (1350-1000d.C.) groups. (Künne 2004)

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Object type
Clay vessel base
Dimensions
Objektmaß: 3,1 x 5 x 3,9 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 47955 e <1>

Provenance and sources

when
Policromo Medio (800 - 1350)
where
Costa Rica

who
Lehmann, Walter - Collectors

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