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

Small Jar

Maker Costa Rica, Diquis
Date1000-1500
Made/manufacturedNorth and Central America
MediumCeramic with pigments
Dimensions2 7/8 x 2 7/8 x 2 7/8 in. (7.3 x 7.3 x 7.3 cm)
mouth diameter: 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm)
ClassificationsCeramics
Object numberC-86-51
On View
Not on view
Collections
DescriptionBlack and red on white alligator motifs pushed out
Small globular jar with round base, curving outwards into wall, curving inwards on top half - raised rim with slight outward slope - 4 slight nubs, evenly spaced around upper half of wall, low and rounded.
Brown ware with buff slip - black line ringing interior of rim, red line on edge of rim, black line on exterior of rim - red circle around each nub, with black circle inside, quartered by black lines with a dot in each quarter.
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Costa Rica, Diquis
1000-1500
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Costa Rica, Diquis
1000-1500
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Costa Rica, Diquis
800-1500
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Costa Rica, Diquis
800-1500
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Costa Rica, Diquis
1000-1500
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Costa Rica, Diquis
1000-1500
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Costa Rica, Nicoya zone, Guanacaste
1000-1550
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Costa Rican
500-1200
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Costa Rican, Atlantic Watershed
1000-1550
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Costa Rican
n.d.
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Costa Rica, Nicoya Zone
1200-1550
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Costa Rica, Nicoya, Nicarao
1350-1550