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

Legless Pot

Maker Costa Rica, Central Highlands
Date500-1000
Made/manufacturedNorth and Central America
MediumCeramic
Dimensions2 1/4 x 3 1/8 x 3 1/8 in. (5.7 x 7.9 x 7.9 cm)
ClassificationsCeramics
Credit LineGift of Seymour Rosenberg
Object numberC-86-42
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DescriptionSmall pot with spherical bottom, rounding into wall curving outward to two thirds height, raised ridge around wall, then sloping inward to short raised neck and outward flaring rim; brown ware with red slip, two small attached figures of monkeys, head with one arm reaching to chin, other arm reaching to forehead, on opposite sides with small nubbins in between, inscribed diagonal lines on upper wall between monkeys and nubbins.
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