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Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Tripod Pot
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Tripod Pot

Maker Costa Rica, Central Highlands
Date1000-1550
Made/manufacturedNorth and Central America
MediumCeramic with dark brown slip
Dimensions7 1/4 x 11 1/2 x 11 1/2 in. (18.4 x 29.2 x 29.2 cm)
ClassificationsFurnishings and Equipment
Credit LineGift of Irvin Ebaugh
Object numberC-74-57
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DescriptionLarge pot with wide, rounded bottom supported by long conical tripod legs with firing slits on sides, sharp angle break to steeply inward sloping wall, raised neck with outward flaring rim; inscribed panels of diagonal lines forming weave pattern, separated by sections of vertical lines, bordered on bottom (of neck) by two rings with triangular tooth design underneath lower ring
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