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Clay shard

Small rim sherd. The fragment was smoothed on both sides, slurried, primed and painted. Priming and painting are partially eroded. The objects IV Ca 47890 b, e and k belong to different ceramics. The object has a white-yellowish ground colour, which is painted black-brown and red-orange. The visible attributes cannot be assigned to any known motif. According to Lothrop 1926: Nicoya polychrome ware. Cultural significance: white-yellowish coloured wares have appeared in the Gran Nicoya region since the beginning of the Policromo Medio (around 800d.C.). (Künne 2004)

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Cataloguing data

Object type
Clay shard
Dimensions
Wandstärke: 0,8 cm
Height: 5,1 cm
Depth: 1,2 cm
Width: 6,5 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 47890 b

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    800 - 1550
    where
    Costa Rica
    Guanacaste
    Filadelfia
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Archaeology

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