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

Tripod bowl with head

Maker Costa Rica, Nicoya Zone
Date1000-1550
Made/manufacturedNorth and Central America
MediumCeramic with brown slip
Dimensionsheight x diameter: 5 x 6 in. (12.7 x 15.2 cm)
ClassificationsCeramics
Credit LineGift of Irvin Ebaugh
Object numberC-74-59
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DescriptionBowl with gradually rounded bottom supported by tick conical tripod legs with small firing slit in sides and rattles within. bottom rounds into wall, begins to slope inward ten rises to outward flaring rim, attached head on side with pellet ears, eyes, and perhaps horn or forehead crest, pointy snout. Band of inscribed designs with single line border above and below design consists of repeated motif of a diagonal line with "jagged tooth" section set on same diagonal to the right. Vertical line with short cross- base below attached head.
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