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

Tripod bowl

Maker Mexico, Michoacan
Date900-1500
Made/manufacturedMichoacán, North and Central America
MediumCeramic with pigments
Dimensions4 3/4 x 10 1/8 x 10 1/8 in. (12.1 x 25.7 x 25.7 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineGift of Lawrence J. Cassard, M.D.
Object number1989.11.11
Collections
DescriptionPlaceres del Oro type. Large bowl with rounded bottom supported by tubular tripod legs - rounded on ends with firing slits and rattles in legs. Wall rises with outward curve, flaring to rim. Red and white vertical bands on inside and outside with panels containing double wavy lines or squatting human figure with hands upraised. Inside has 2 large figures on side; bottom has large "S" figure.

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