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Period VI; Small jar with rounded bottom, raised base ring, bottom rounds up into wall, curves inward at 1/3 height, at 2/3 height a rounded ring curves up to small raised rim with slight inward slope - small handle - ring attached from upper ring to shoulder of wall. Brown ware with dark brown or black slip, 3 small pellets attached on upper ring, arranged with handle at quadrants pinched with extended point in middle with 2 holes poked on sides; perhaps to form a face.
Small Jar with Handle
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Small Jar with Handle

Artist Costa Rican Artist
Date1200-1550
Place of originNicoya, Nicoya, Guanacaste, Costa Rica, North and Central America
MediumCeramic with dark brown/black slip
Dimensions2 3/4 x 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 in. (7 x 8.3 x 8.3 cm)
mouth diameter: 1 in. (2.5 cm)
ClassificationsFurnishings and Equipment
Object numberC-86-37
Collections
Visual DescriptionPeriod VI; Small jar with rounded bottom, raised base ring, bottom rounds up into wall, curves inward at 1/3 height, at 2/3 height a rounded ring curves up to small raised rim with slight inward slope - small handle - ring attached from upper ring to shoulder of wall.
Brown ware with dark brown or black slip, 3 small pellets attached on upper ring, arranged with handle at quadrants pinched with extended point in middle with 2 holes poked on sides; perhaps to form a face.
Large globular jar with hemispherical bottom curving up into wall beginning to curve inwards at half height, raised ridge at 3/4 height forms angel break, inward slope of wall to raised neck with stepped rim 2 raised rings with notched below neck, another larger ring below stepped rim. grey ware with black slip figure head attached at angle break somewhat lopsided, modeled ears, large forehead, small donut eyes, pointy snout (possibly monkey) 3 small nubbins on the quadrants of angle breaks wi…
Large globular jar
Costa Rican Artist
1200-1550
Period VI; brown ware with appliqued figure. Small jar with wide, rounded base, slight concavity in middle - sharp curve up into wall that curves gradually inward - straight vertical raised rim, extending up to point on one side - hole in wall, 2/3 height, with raised broken area surrounding it, possible spout or handle. Brown ware with traces of buff slip - applied effigy face on raised point of rim - circles for eyes, ridge with small poked nostrils for nose, ridges for upper and lower lips …
Small Jar with Effigy
Diquis Artist
800-1550
Guinea engraved, orange brown ware; small pot with spherical bottom supported on a raised footed ring flaring out at bottom with rounded edge, wall curves outward to 1/2 height large raised ridge, wall indents inward, runs up with slight inward slope, flat outward facing ring; brown ware with red slip, incised rings on rim with clusters of four vertical lines at edge, small incised notched around rim and ridge, two panels on upper walls, bordered with incised lines with angular "S" pattern, foot…
Small Footed Pot
Costa Rican Artist
300-500
Small bowl with spherical bottom supported by small conical tripod legs, bottom curves up into wall, angle break at 2/3 height. Inward slope to rim, attached animal head, possibly monkey, at rim, bulbous ears, poked eye holes, curved mouth with receding jaw, curled tail on other side. Buff ware with brown slip, incised rings around rim and above angle break, vertical lines inscribed in panel between with 4 wide "x" patterns interspersed.
Small Tripod Bowl
Chorotegan Artist
1000-1550
Anthropomorphic appliqué effigy complete with glyph painting, finely rendered upper bowl area, serpent, wave and jaguar motifs
Polychrome jar with transforming shaman lug
Costa Rican Artist
1200-1522
Footed jar with figure head
Footed jar with figure head
Costa Rican Artist
1200-1550
Large jar with rounded bottom supported by large footing ring with flared base, bottom rounds up into wall with raised ring at 1/4 height, wall rises with shallow inward curve into long neck with slightly flared rim attached animal head with forehead crest and small pointy snout; several rings and panel bands around neck with geometric forms and panel of entwined serpent motif, wall divided into three sections by vertical black bands, ring of stepped grec motif around bottom with bands of red an…
Footed Jar with Figure Head
Costa Rican Artist
1200-1522
La Selva phase; Curridabot ware Small pot with raised base ring, flattened inside, wall rising with steep outward curve to 3/4 height, raised ridge around wall, inward sloping to flat, outward flare of rim. Brown ware with red slip - 3 evenly spaced oblong pellets of clay placed above ridge, flattened in middle with 2 vertical inscribed lines - inscribed lines in spaces in between making chevron pattern.
Small Pot
Costa Rican Artist
500-1200
Large globular jar with raised footing ring. Wall rises from ring curving gradually outwards to shoulder at 2/3 eight, curves inward to short raised rim. Raised ridge ringing wall at 1/6 height.
Globular jar with figure
Costa Rican Artist
1200-1550
Globular jar with slightly rounded bottom, curving up into gradually rounded wall, angle break at 2/3 height with wall sloping inwards to raised rim with outward slope. grey ware with black slip, 4 nubbins attached to wall just above angle break in quadrants, opposites paired with one set a round nub with raised lateral crest ridge and slit at 1/2 height, other set is cylindrical numb ridges angled downward off sides.
Globular Jar
Costa Rican Artist
1200-1550
Jar with hemispherical bottom curving up into wall, curving inward at 2/3 height, indenting ring around middle of upper wall, short raised rim with slight outward slope. Grey ware with black slip. Small attached head along indented ring, large raised eyebrows, coffee bean eyes, boxy snout with open mouth (possibly a monkey). Small nubbin on opposite side, notched to appear as "X".
Jar with figure head
Costa Rican Artist
1200-1522
Small globular jar with wide rounded bottom - wall curves outward to 1/2 height, slopes inward to rim - raised rim with outward flare - two small conical nubbins placed opposite on wall just above 1/2 height. Brown ware with red slip - traces of black pigment on bottom - vertical lines radiating from center of bottom to ring at half height.
Small Jar
Costa Rican Artist
undated

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