Globular tripod jar with effigy
Maker
Costa Rica, Nicoya zone, Guanacaste
Date1200-1550
Made/manufacturedPenínsula de Nicoya, North and Central America
MediumCeramic with pigments
Dimensions11 1/8 x 10 x 10 in. (28.3 x 25.4 x 25.4 cm)
ClassificationsFurnishings and Equipment
Credit LineGift of Dr. and Mrs. Robert Grenitz
Object numberC-73-57
Collections
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.
red bands around rim, small band of black square (faded) on neck panel of complex geometric figures below neck, several rings of black and red below to just above effigy face painted wit black and red features and sweeping red whiskers red and black bands around tripods
