Polychrome jar with transforming shaman lug
Maker
Costa Rica, Nicoya Peninsula, Tempesque
Date1200-1522
Made/manufacturedPenínsula de Nicoya, North and Central America
MediumJicote polychrome ceramic
Dimensions8 3/4 x 8 3/4 x 8 3/4 in. (22.2 x 22.2 x 22.2 cm)
ClassificationsFurnishings and Equipment
Credit LineGift of Dr. and Mrs. Robert Grenitz
Object numberC-73-58
Collections
Globular jar with hemispherical bottom curving up into wall, rounding inward at 2/3 height up to short neck with flaring rim; two attached figures, on opposite sides of upper wall, one with rounded head and pointy snout (possibly jaguar?) with raised arms and feet, other with vertical slab-like head and only arms depicted; black and red rings around neck and rim, small panel-ring below with geometric figures (abstracted jaguar?) two large panels between figures with complex geometric design, possibly abstracted figures, features on 3-D figures outlined in red and black
