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Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Large Polychrome Bowl
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Large Polychrome Bowl

Maker Costa Rica, Nicoya zone, Guanacaste
Date1350-1550
Made/manufacturedNorth and Central America
MediumCeramic with pigments
Dimensions2 3/4 x 11 x 11 in. (7 x 27.9 x 27.9 cm)
ClassificationsCeramics
Credit LineGift of Dr. and Mrs. Robert Grenitz
Object numberC-73-64
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DescriptionLarge bowl with flat bottom, curving up into wall with outward slope, gradually flaring outward to rim.

Exterior painted with various sized rings of black and red with interlocking "toothed" design on bottom of wall interior covered with various geometric signs of interlocking teeth, scrolls and swirls
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
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Tripod Bowl
Costa Rica, Nicoya zone, Guanacaste
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Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
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Costa Rica, Nicoya zone, Guanacaste
1200-1550
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
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