Small Jar with Attached Figure
Maker
Costa Rica, Diquis
Date300 BC-500 AD
Made/manufacturedNorth and Central America
MediumCeramic with buff slip
Dimensions2 1/4 x 2 3/8 x 2 3/8 in. (5.7 x 6 x 6 cm)
mouth diameter: 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm)
mouth diameter: 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm)
ClassificationsCeramics
Object numberC-86-34
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Small jar with spherical bottom, outward curve to 1/2 height, inward curve to rim, slightly raised with outward slope, small nub, broken off on one side, opposite figure - modeled figure, possibly human, attached to rim and upper wall, head with outstretched arms at rim, elbows bent with hands placed on upper wall, body and legs moving down upper wall, slit for vagina apparent, incised band of vertical lines and diagonal dashes.
Brown ware with grey-buff slip.
