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Tripod dish, bulbous legs, red geometric glyph band, terra cotta, cream.
Tripod bowl
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Tripod bowl

Maker Chupícuaro Artist
Date300-100 BCE
Place of originGuanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico, North and Central America
MediumCeramic with pigment
Dimensions4 1/2 x 7 3/4 x 7 3/4 in. (11.4 x 19.7 x 19.7 cm)
diameter of mouth: 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (14 x 14 cm)
ClassificationsFurnishings and Equipment
Credit LineGift of Irvin Ebaugh
Object numberC-74-41
Collections
Visual DescriptionTripod dish, bulbous legs, red geometric glyph band, terra cotta, cream.
Tripod dish with loop legs, face glyph on rim, terra cotta, cream and red.
Tripod dish with effigy face
Chupícuaro Artist
300-100
Period IV; human effigy legs, neg. black on red Small spherical bowl with high wall curving inward at top to rim - supported by tripod of conical legs formed to appear as monkeys - attached head with bulbous forehead, poked holes for eyes, slit mouth - attached arms on sides of legs, curving around to hands placed together below head. Brown ware with red slip - resist pattern of 3 groups of vertical stripes, between legs, from 1/2 height to rim, black pigment on top, red in areas of resist.
Small Tripod Bowl
Diquis Artist
1000-1550
Large bowl with relatively flat bottom, curving at edge up into wall with slight outward lean and slight flare at rim. Supported by tripod legs shaped to resemble animal heads, attachment area to bottom is neck, swelling to cranial area, tapering to pointy snout, indented mouth groove. Red lines on interior of rim, black line on exterior rim and bottom of wall, red triangle over each leg bordered by wide vertical bands, panels of abstract design (possibly a face) red band around edge of bott…
Tripod Bowl
Costa Rican Artist
1000-1550
Low rounded bowl with gradual outward curve, supported by tripod of feline figures, conical legs coming to double point representing front legs of feline, rounded slab attached to tops of legs for heads with slight raised point for muzzle, rattles inside legs. Brown ware with buff slip, interior of bowl has concentric circle pattern in red with vertical connecting bands, dark brown band on rim, red band below, 2 red bands around bowl with breaks to encircle legs, red bands on legs with linear f…
Tripod bowl
Costa Rican Artist
1000-1550
Bowl with slightly rounded bottom, curving into wall with outward slope to rim. Supported by wide conical tripod legs shaped to resemble animal heads, with large forehead, pellets at side to resemble eyes, sloping to pointed snout with upturned end Tan slip red band painted on inside on outside of rim bordered by black lines, vertical lines from each tripod to band forming 2 sections, box and dot in center. Tripod legs painted with vertical lines in black and red with horizontal line from ey…
Tripod bowl
Costa Rican Artist
1000-1550
Bowl with slightly rounded bottom with angle break to wall bowl with slightly rounded bottom, with angle break to wall with outward slope to rim. Supported by tripod legs in "D" shape or birds head. Black bordered red bands on inside and outside of rim. Paired sets of vertical lines over legs with center section boxed, right section red of vertical lines over legs with center section boxed, right section red low arch scroll on ends inverted over each other, one black, one red, black lines wit…
Tripod bowl
Costa Rican Artist
1000-1550
Bowl with rounded bottom curving to vertical straight wall with slight outward flare of rim supported by tripod legs shaped to resemble animal (bird) heads, cranial swell jus below attachment with protruding eyes at sides, smoothly tapering to pointed snout (beak) Black bordered red ands around inside and outside of rim small panel over each leg, bordered by b lack and red vertical bands with series of semicircle motif in panel legs painted with broad black bands red on beak and eyes
Tripod Bowl
Costa Rican Artist
1000-1550
Globular jar with hemispherical bottom, supported by large conical tripod legs with rattles and small firing slits, bottom joins into spherical wall with short raised rim larger effigy face on side of wall raised loops for ears small nubbins for mouth and nose indented circular rings for eyes.
Globular tripod jar with effigy
Costa Rican Artist
1200-1550
Attachment areas evident for tripod legs, now broken off and missing. Black band aroundouter rim. Three black stripes around inner rim, panel ring of interlocking "I" geometric forms, three more black rings, anthropomorphic figure on bottom of dish, red with black outline, arms and legs upraised, single eye.
Polychrome dish
Costa Rican Artist
1350-1550
Large bowl with slightly curved bottom rounding up to outward sloping wall, supported by cylindrical tripod legs with rounded ends, fire holes at the end with rattles inside. Covered inside and out with geometric forms in black, red and white pigments. Inside - repetitious triangular pattern with "wrench-head" figure at bottom, panels of stepped motif on outside.
Tripod bowl
Toltec Artist
950-1200
Small bowl with flattened base, walls flaring slightly outward. No lip, opposite walls pinched inward on upper wall to create oblong mouth. Buff ware with red slip on interior and band around rim. Black pigment in vertical band and comb pattern around wall with 2 dog figuring in one band. Bottom has black stripes in 4 direction motif.
Small Bowl
Chupícuaro Artist
300-100 BCE
Large bowl with curved bottom, curved walls flaring out on lower half, inward on upper half. Small neck with slight outward flaring rim, interior is smoothly rounded.
Large bowl
Chupícuaro Artist
300-200 BCE

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