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Large bowl with slightly curved bottom rounding up to outward sloping wall, supported by cylindrical tripod legs with rounded ends, fire holes at the end with rattles inside. Covered inside and out with geometric forms in black, red and white pigments. Inside - repetitious triangular pattern with "wrench-head" figure at bottom, panels of stepped motif on outside.
Tripod bowl
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Tripod bowl

Maker Toltec Artist
Date950-1200
Place of originGuerrero, Mexico, North and Central America
MediumCeramic with pigments
Dimensions5 5/8 x 9 1/4 x 9 1/4 in. (14.3 x 23.5 x 23.5 cm)
ClassificationsFurnishings and Equipment
Credit LineGift of Lawrence J. Cassard, M.D.
Object number1989.11.10
Collections
Visual DescriptionLarge bowl with slightly curved bottom rounding up to outward sloping wall, supported by cylindrical tripod legs with rounded ends, fire holes at the end with rattles inside. Covered inside and out with geometric forms in black, red and white pigments. Inside - repetitious triangular pattern with "wrench-head" figure at bottom, panels of stepped motif on outside.
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