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

Small Tripod Bowl

Maker Chorotega culture (Costa Rica, Nicoya)
Date1000-1550
Made/manufacturedNorth and Central America
MediumCeramic with brown slip
Dimensions2 3/8 x 3 3/4 x 3 1/2 in. (6 x 9.5 x 8.9 cm)
ClassificationsCeramics
Credit LineGift of Irvin Ebaugh
Object numberC-74-25
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DescriptionSmall 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.
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