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Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Tripod pot with animal head
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Tripod pot with animal head

Maker Costa Rica, Central Highlands
Date1000-1550
Made/manufacturedNorth and Central America
MediumCeramic with dark brown slip
Dimensionsheight x diameter: 7 5/8 x 10 1/2 in. (19.4 x 26.7 cm)
mouth diameter: 8 1/4 in. (21 cm)
ClassificationsFurnishings and Equipment
Credit LineGift of Irvin Ebaugh
Object numberC-74-51
Collections
DescriptionLarge pot with wide rounded bottom, supported by large conical tripod legs sharp angle break to inward sloping wall to long neck with outward flare. Attached animal head just above angle break rounded head with large pellet eyes and heavy eyebrows, snout broken off. Incised panels around neck of interweaved diagonals making diamond patterns separated by sections of vertical lines, lines extend down over attached head to loop around it, with triangular "teeth" on sides of lines.
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