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Tripod ceramic vessel with band of figures in relief around center of bowl.
Tripod bowl
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista

Tripod bowl

Maker Costa Rican Artist
Date100 BCE-500 CE
Place of originCosta Rica, North and Central America
MediumTerracotta with red slip: El Bosque Red on Buff
ClassificationsFurnishings and Equipment
Credit LineGift of Donna V. Homewood
Object number2002.32
Collections
Visual DescriptionTripod ceramic vessel with band of figures in relief around center of bowl.
Miniature pot with spherical bottom rounding up to wall, curving inward at 2/3 height, short raised rim with slight outward slope - supported by conical tripod legs - three small nubs, located on upper wall opposite each leg.
Miniature Tripod Bowl
Costa Rican Artist
1000-1550
Small rounded jar with short, conical tripod legs, rounded bottom, curving outwards into wall, curving inwards on top half, raised neck with outward flaring rim. Coarse red ware with red slip, attached animal head and tail on opposite sides - small nub ears with pointy snout, short wide tail, ring of oval pills attached to wall between head and tail.
Small Tripod Jar with Animal Head
Costa Rican Artist
1000-1550
Bowl with gradually rounded bottom supported by thick, conical tripod legs, firing slits in sides with rattles contained. Wall slopes inward from base to one-third of height, then straight up to rounded rim. Animal head attached to side, large pellet eyes, raised brow ridges around eyes, pointy snout, possibly turtle or reptile. Inscribed band of panels around straight section of wall. Two panels of diamond patterns, alternate diamonds cross-hatched with more diamonds, panels separated by series…
Tripod Bowl with Head
Costa Rican Artist
700-1522
A reddish-orange ceramic vessel with a tall, narrow neck and rounded body. The dark-speckled surface is decorated with light, incised linear patterns, forming horizontal rings at the shoulder and angular, stepped designs over vertical stripes below.
Incised and Burnished Bottle
Costa Rican Artist
500 BCE-300 CE
Small pot with rounded bottom, supported by small conical tripod legs, curving up into wall, curving inward at 1/3 height, tall neck with appliquéd head, small mouth with outward flaring rim; red-brown ware with red slip, zoomorphic head applied to neck, upturned duckbill snout. wide spaced circular pill eyes with stamped concentric circles, ear nubs, upraised arms with hands at ears, necklace and fringed headdress with hair section in back.
Effigy Bottle with Cayman God
Costa Rican Artist
100 BCE-1300 CE
Miniature bowl with rounded bottom curving low outward to wall, rounding at 1/2 height, inward curve to rim - two small handles attached to upper wall below rim, pierced through for hanging holes. Brown ware with red slip, heavily oxidized black.
Miniature Bowl
Costa Rican Artist
undated
Late Polychrome Period, orange on buff. Small rounded bowl with 1" tall base ring, flaring outward, rounded concave underneath - wall slopes outward, slightly rounded, with outward flare of rim, angled downward - one small nubbin on side beneath rim. Rim divided into 6 even sections by 3 groups of incised parallel lines, separated by blank sections. Brown ware with red slip.
Footed Bowl
Costa Rican Artist
1200-1525
Miniature bowl with wide round base, evenly curved outward wall to half height, inward curve to rim. Brown ware with red slip.
Miniature Bowl
Costa Rican Artist
undated
Small Jar
Small Jar
Costa Rican Artist
undated
Small jar with rounded bottom curving up into wall, rounding inward at 1/2 height, inward curve to outward flaring rim - two small nubbins, situated opposite each other just below rim, each with 3 small indented holes in a line with another indented hole on either side of nubbin. Buffware with red slip - three pairs, evenly spaced, of painted vertical bands radiating from center of bottom up to rim.
Small Jar
Costa Rican Artist
undated
La Selva phase; curridebot ware; burnished buff, orange inside neck; frog motif in incised and low relief. Small pot with spherical bottom, curving into wall - raised ridge at 1/2 height, curving inwards for top half, to raised neck with outward sloping rim. Brown ware with red slip - ring of inscribed dash marks below neck - 4 raised points, at quarters, along ridge, with inscribed chevron over each, over 2 of these, opposite, are raised triangular nubs with incised dash marks.
Legless pot
Costa Rican Artist
500-1200
Bowl with gradually rounded bottom supported by tick conical tripod legs with small firing slit in sides and rattles within. bottom rounds into wall, begins to slope inward ten rises to outward flaring rim, attached head on side with pellet ears, eyes, and perhaps horn or forehead crest, pointy snout. Band of inscribed designs with single line border above and below design consists of repeated motif of a diagonal line with "jagged tooth" section set on same diagonal to the right. Vertical line …
Tripod bowl with head
Costa Rican Artist
1000-1550

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