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Clay vessel

Bellied jug with a domed base. The object has a short, straight neck decorated with sculptural applications. Both sides of the vessel have been smoothened and sanded. Its exterior was primed and painted. The primer and paint are partially eroded. There is a break on the rim. The pottery has a brown base colour, which is painted black-brown on the outside of the vessel. An anthropomorphic face with painted (eyes) and applied (nose, ears) attributes appears on the neck. The shoulder is decorated with a surrounding frieze bordered by horizontal lines. It shows diagonal bundles of lines imitating textile or wickerwork. There are also several bands running around the body. The rim is decorated on both sides by a circumferential band. According to Lothrop 1926: Nicoya black line ware. Cultural significance: the type has been documented in burials. Its mould inventory comprises only jugs. (Künne 2004)

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Cataloguing data

Object type
crock
Dimensions
Diameter: 6 cm
Height: 17,2 cm
Depth: 18,8 cm
Width: 19 cm
Weight: 1.100 g
Wandstärke: 0,75 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 45474

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    Policromo Medio (800 - 1350)
    where
    Costa Rica
    Guanacaste
    Santa Cruz
    Santa Bárbara
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    Description
    Purchase from Dr Walter Lehmann 1909
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Archaeology

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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