Gourd-Shaped Rattles
1–1000 CE
Culture
Central Region | Atlantic Watershed
Country
Costa Rica
Style/Tradition
Santa Clara Group: Rattle
Object
rattle
Medium
Ceramic with red slip
Accession Number
1993.620
Credit Line
Gift of Frederick and Jan Mayer
Unknown artist, Atlantic Watershed, central region of Costa Rica. Gourd-Shaped Rattle, 1–1000 CE. Ceramic with red slip, 2 ¾ x 1 ½ inches. Denver Art Museum Collection: Gift of the Collection of Frederick and Jan Mayer, 1993.620.
Dimensions
height: 2 3/4 in, 6.9850 cm; diameter: 1 1/2 in, 3.8100 cm
Department
Mayer Center, Arts of the Ancient Americas
Collection
Arts of the Ancient Americas
This object is currently on view
Exhibition History
- "Reading the Unwritten Past: Central American Culture before Columbus." Lamont Gallery, Frederick R. Mayer Arts Center, Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, NH, September 18, 1992-October 25, 1992.
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