Top-shaped Ocarina
AD 900-1520
Culture
Greater Chiriqui | Diquís region
Country
Costa Rica
Style/Tradition
Buenos Aires Polychrome
Object
ocarina
Medium
Modeled clay with tan/orange-colored slip and pigments (black and red).
Accession Number
1993.715
Credit Line
Gift of Frederick and Jan Mayer
Top-shaped Ocarina. AD 900-1520. Modeled clay with tan/orange-colored slip and pigments (black and red).. Gift of Frederick and Jan Mayer. 1993.715.
Dimensions
height: 2 3/4 in, 6.9850 cm; diameter: 2 3/8 in, 6.0325 cm
Department
Mayer Center, Arts of the Ancient Americas
Collection
Arts of the Ancient Americas
Known Provenance
(Enrique Vargas-Alfaro) [1915-2008], San Jose, Costa Rica and Atlanta, GA; Purchased by Frederick R. [1928-2007] and Jan Mayer, Denver, CO, October 1969 [1]; Gifted to the Denver Art Museum, 1993
[1] On loan to the Denver Art Museum, 1992
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