Feline-Form Jar

Feline-Form Jar

AD 500-800
Locale
Reportedly from Bagaces, Guanacaste
Country
Costa Rica
Style/Tradition
Unnamed Type
Object
effigy
Medium
Modeled clay with tan slip, pigments (black, red, and fugitive white), and applique decoration.
Accession Number
1995.521
Credit Line
Gift of Frederick and Jan Mayer
Feline-Form Jar. AD 500-800. Modeled clay with tan slip, pigments (black, red, and fugitive white), and applique decoration.. Gift of Frederick and Jan Mayer. 1995.521.
Dimensions
height: 16.25 in, 41.2750 cm; width: 23 in, 58.4200 cm; depth: 10 in, 25.4000 cm
Department
Mayer Center, Arts of the Ancient Americas
Collection
Arts of the Ancient Americas
Exhibition History
  • "Pre-Columbian Art of Costa Rica: From the Collection of Jan and Frederick R. Mayer." Clara A. Hatton Gallery, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, February (?)-March 4, 1977. (Traveled to: Maxwell Museum, Albuquerque, NM, October 12, 1977-May 30, 1978).

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