Tripod Jar with Applique Faces and Animals
100 BC-AD 500
Culture
Central Region | Atlantic Watershed
Country
Costa Rica
Style/Tradition
El Bosque Red-on-Buff
Object
jar
Medium
Modeled tan clay with buff-colored slip, red pigment, incision, and applique.
Accession Number
1993.606
Credit Line
Gift of Frederick and Jan Mayer
Tripod Jar with Applique Faces and Animals. 100 BC-AD 500. Modeled tan clay with buff-colored slip, red pigment, incision, and applique.. Gift of Frederick and Jan Mayer. 1993.606.
Dimensions
height: 5 3/4 in, 14.6050 cm; width: 7 1/2 in, 19.0500 cm
Department
Mayer Center, Arts of the Ancient Americas
Collection
Arts of the Ancient Americas
Known Provenance
Collection of Seymour Rosenberg, Miami, Florida; Purchased by Frederick and Jan Mayer, 1982 [1]; Gifted to the Denver Art Museum, 1993
[1] On loan to the Denver Art Museum, 1993
Exhibition History
- "Time and Technology: Scientific Approaches to Costa Rican Prehistory." University Museum, University of Colorado-Boulder, September 15, 1985-January 26, 1986.
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