Bowl with Stylized Monkey Imagery
AD 1000-1350
Culture
Greater Nicoya
Locale
Filadelphia
Country
Nicaragua
Style/Tradition
Luna Polychrome
Luna Variety
Object
bowl
Medium
Modeled clay with tan slip and pigments (black, brown, and red).
Accession Number
1995.453
Credit Line
Gift of Frederick and Jan Mayer
Bowl with Stylized Monkey Imagery. AD 1000-1350. Modeled clay with tan slip and pigments (black, brown, and red).. Gift of Frederick and Jan Mayer. 1995.453.
Dimensions
height: 5 in, 12.7000 cm; diameter: 10 in, 25.4000 cm
Department
Mayer Center, Arts of the Ancient Americas
Collection
Arts of the Ancient Americas
Known Provenance
Collection of Jorge A. Lines (aka Jorge Lines Canalias) [1891-1978], San Jose, Costa Rica, by 1952; Earl Stendahl (Stendahl Galleries), Hollywood, CA and New York, 1952; Purchased by Frederick R. [1928-2007] and Jan Mayer, Denver, CO, 1971 [1]; Gifted to the Denver Art Museum, 1995 [1] On loan to the Denver Art Museum, 1992
Exhibition History
- "Pre-Columbian Art," a traveling exhibition organized by the Stendahl Art Gallery (1963-1965)
- exhibited at the Denver Art Museum, 1965.
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