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

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Tripod bowl

Maker Toltec

Date950-1200

Made/manufacturedPenínsula de Yucatán, 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

ANCIENT AMERICAN

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.