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Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Small Jar with Handle
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Small Jar with Handle

Maker Costa Rica, Nicoya Zone
Date1200-1550
Made/manufacturedNorth 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
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.
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