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

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Small Tripod Jar with Animal Head

Maker Costa Rican, Atlantic Watershed

Date1000-1550

Made/manufacturedNorth and Central America

MediumCeramic with red slip

Dimensions3 5/8 x 5 x 5 in. (9.2 x 12.7 x 12.7 cm)
mouth diameter: 2 in. (5.1 cm)

ClassificationsFurnishings and Equipment

Object numberC-86-2

Collections

ANCIENT AMERICAN

DescriptionPeriod VI; El Bosque phase. Double-headed animal tripod jar, yellow-line ware painted on red and orange slipped pottery.
small rounded jar with short, conical tripod legs, rounded bottom, curving outwards into wall, curving inwards on top half, raised neck with outward flaring rim.
Coarse red ware with red slip, attached animal head and tail on opposite sides - small nub ears with pointy snout, short wide tail, ring of oval pills attached to wall between head and tail.