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Tripod bowl with cylindrical legs with jaguar effigy and eagle head feet, in fine polychrome decoration
Tripod Bowl
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista

Tripod Bowl

Artist Chorotegan Artist
Date1200-1350
Place of originRivas Department, Nicaragua, North and Central America
MediumPolychrome ceramic
Dimensions3 3/8 x 6 3/4 x 6 5/8 in. (8.6 x 17.1 x 16.8 cm)
ClassificationsFurnishings and Equipment
Credit LineGift of Rod McGalliard
Object number1995.28.83
Collections
Visual DescriptionTripod bowl with cylindrical legs with jaguar effigy and eagle head feet, in fine polychrome decoration
Shallow bowl with three figurated legs, one with a Jaguar head, the others with bird heads, painted motif in center black on white.
Tripod bowl
Chorotegan Artist
undated
Small bowl with spherical bottom supported by small conical tripod legs, bottom curves up into wall, angle break at 2/3 height. Inward slope to rim, attached animal head, possibly monkey, at rim, bulbous ears, poked eye holes, curved mouth with receding jaw, curled tail on other side. Buff ware with brown slip, incised rings around rim and above angle break, vertical lines inscribed in panel between with 4 wide "x" patterns interspersed.
Small Tripod Bowl
Chorotegan Artist
1000-1550
Bowl with slightly rounded bottom curving into wall with slight outward slope and slight flare at rim. Supported by tripod legs formed to resemble animal heads with cranial bulge, protruding eyes at side, tapering to pointy upturned snout with mouth formed by firing slits on sides, rattles inside. Decoration of black bordered red boxes and triangles with jagged "teeth" pointing upward, red and black bands surrounding rim and bottom, with vertical and horizontal lines on legs outlining face circl…
Cayman headed Tripod Bowl
Nicarao Artist
1350-1550
Anthropomorphic appliqué effigy complete with glyph painting, finely rendered upper bowl area, serpent, wave and jaguar motifs
Polychrome jar with transforming shaman lug
Costa Rican Artist
1200-1522
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
Shallow tripod bowl with zoomorphic feet.
Tripod bowl
Chorotegan Artist
1000-1500
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
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
Urn with flaring lower section and neck, tall globular body, modeled and painted in polychrome with a jaguar mask and geometric designs, jaguar mask has slightly protruding features.
Footed Bowl with Feline Mask
Costa Rican Artist
c. 1200-1550
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
Large tripod plate with hieroglyphic in center bordered by geometric black and red feather-type forms, left side slightly eroded, hollow legs with rattles, calcification on one edge of surface
Tripod Plate with Muan Bird
Maya Artist
700-830
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

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