Tripod Bowl
Maker
Costa Rica, Nicoya zone, Guanacaste
Date1000-1550
Made/manufacturedNorth and Central America
MediumCeramic with pigments
Dimensions4 3/8 x 7 x 7 in. (11.1 x 17.8 x 17.8 cm)
ClassificationsCeramics
Credit LineGift of Dr. and Mrs. Robert Grenitz
Object numberC-73-56
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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
