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)
mouth diameter: 2 in. (5.1 cm)
ClassificationsCeramics
Object numberC-86-2
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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.
