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Boruca phase; black on white ware, alligator painted motif Small bowl with flat bottom - wall rises with outward slope to 2/3 height - uneven angle break around surface with wall curving inward to thick, rounded rim - interior smooth with flattened bottom. Buff ware with black band around rim and angle break evenly spaced vertical lines connecting the two - spaces filled with alternating broad vertical black bands and large dots.
Small Bowl
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Small Bowl

Maker Diquis Artist
Date800-1500
Place of originCosta Rica, North and Central America
MediumCeramic with pigments
Dimensions2 1/8 x 4 x 4 in. (5.4 x 10.2 x 10.2 cm)
mouth diameter: 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm)
ClassificationsFurnishings and Equipment
Object numberC-86-54
Collections
Visual DescriptionBoruca phase; black on white ware, alligator painted motif
Small bowl with flat bottom - wall rises with outward slope to 2/3 height - uneven angle break around surface with wall curving inward to thick, rounded rim - interior smooth with flattened bottom.
Buff ware with black band around rim and angle break evenly spaced vertical lines connecting the two - spaces filled with alternating broad vertical black bands and large dots.
Boruca phase; red on red ware; alligator painted motif with hole in bottom. Small bowl with uneven support ring, concave on inside with "kill hole" punched through - wall slopes outward to 1/2 height, angle break with inward curve to rim - upper half of wall has multiple slightly raised vertical ridges. Buff ware with vertical black stripes and bands on upper half of wall, with occasional black dot interspersed.
Small Bowl
Diquis Artist
800-1500
Boruca phase; black on white ware, painted alligator Small bowl with support ring on bottom, concave inside of ring - low outward slope of wall, rounding at 1/2 height to inward slope to unevenly circular rim. Buff ware with black stripe on interior of rim, another at widest point of wall - upper half of wall painted with uneven black circles with dot in middle - 3 closely spaced vertical lines on one side of wall.
Small Bowl
Diquis Artist
800-1500
Black and red painted alligator motifs on buff Small bowl with wide rounded bottom - sharp angle break with wall sloping slightly inwards to rounded rim - interior smooth with rounded bottom. Brown ware with red slip - walls painted with linked diamond pattern - black line on exteriors and smaller interior diamonds - red fill between lines.
Small Bowl
Diquis Artist
undated
Small globular jar with rounded bottom curving into wall, turning at half height, straight neck with outward flared rim, rounded on exterior. Three-color negative paint with geometric alligators. Brown ware with red slip, upper half of wall painted black with resist pattern in buff - two large panels separated by bordered break, multiple lined border around squares with triangle patterns filled or surrounded with dots.
Small Jar
Diquis Artist
1000-1500
Deep dish with rounded bottom supported by large tripod nubbins, angle break at wall, rises vertical with outward slope to rim, interior is rounded; light orange-red slip with five wide vertical bands of black evenly spaces around side, separated by design of vertical red bands - three large bands with a thin stripe in between.
Tripod dish
Quiché Maya Artist
950-1200
Small bowl with support ring on bottom, concave inside of ring, sloping upwards and outwards outside of ring to 1/3 height - rough angle break, with wall curving gradually inwards to rounded rim - smooth interior with convex bottom. Buff ware with black line around rim and angle break - uneven series of vertical black lines and bands intersperced with large black dots.
Small Bowl
Costa Rican Artist
undated
Small bowl with support ring on bottom, concave inside of ring, sloping outwards and upwards outside of ring to 1/3 height - rounded angle break with wall curving inwards to rim - roughly formed lopsided. Buff ware with black line around rim, irregular black line below angle break - irregularly spaced vertical black bands and lines interspaced with black dots.
Small Bowl
Costa Rican Artist
undated
Black and red alligator motifs on white. Small globular jar with steeply rounded base, curving outward into walls, sharply curving inwards at 1/2 height - raised rim with slight outward flare. Brown ware with buff slip - 2 black rings with red ring in between just above angle break on wall - 2 black and one red line on top swing in 3 arcs above rings - dot patterns fill space between rings and arcs.
Small Jar
Diquis Artist
1000-1500
Black 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.
Small Jar
Diquis Artist
1000-1500
Small globular jar with wide rounded bottom, curving sharply upward into wall then inwards with gradual slope up to tall raised rim with outward slope - two small hands placed opposite at angle break in wall, in shape of pinchers, with slit in middle. Brown ware with red slip.
Small Jar
Diquis Artist
undated
Boruca phase; black on white ware Small bowl with flat bottom, outward sloping wall to 1/2 height, curving to inward slope to rim. Buff ware with buff slip.
Small Bowl
Diquis Artist
800-1500
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

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