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Tubular rattle with one tapered end, the other with a small fire hole and 3 nubbins around the edge - 2 more fire holes in line along length, at thirds, with 2 nubbins extending from side perpendicular to each hole (one set broken off). Brown ware with white slip.
Rattle
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Rattle

Maker Costa Rican Artist
Dateundated
Place of originCosta Rica, North and Central America
MediumCeramic with white slip
Dimensions4 1/2 x 1 3/4 x 1 3/4 in. (11.4 x 4.4 x 4.4 cm)
ClassificationsMusical instruments
Object numberC-86-73
Collections
Visual DescriptionTubular rattle with one tapered end, the other with a small fire hole and 3 nubbins around the edge - 2 more fire holes in line along length, at thirds, with 2 nubbins extending from side perpendicular to each hole (one set broken off).
Brown ware with white slip.
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Effigy Pipe Mouthpiece
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Effigy Figure
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1-500
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Small Jar
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Gourd-Shaped Rattle
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Four Note Whistle (ocarina)
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Period IV (?); red-orange ware in black painted lines, surface like curridabot ware. Small bowl with wide rounded bottom, gradual outward curve to 1/2 height, changing to inward slope to rim - small triangular nubbins attached just below rim on opposite sides with holes poked through for hanging, small pellet nubs placed between to quarter. Brown ware with red slip, black vertical lines surround the four nubbins, with diagonal slashes running below.
Small Bowl
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Costa Rican Artist
c. 500-1000
Small pot with spherical bottom, rounding into wall curving outward to two thirds height, raised ridge around wall, then sloping inward to short raised neck and outward flaring rim; brown ware with red slip, two small attached figures of monkeys, head with one arm reaching to chin, other arm reaching to forehead, on opposite sides with small nubbins in between, inscribed diagonal lines on upper wall between monkeys and nubbins.
Legless Pot
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500-1000

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