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Object Number 995-29-20/27342
Display Title Highly polished black tripod bowl with cutout triangle design
Descriptions
Object Description Highly polished, black, globular bowl with constricted neck and flaring rim. Bowl sits on three pointed, attached legs. Design consists of band of cutout triangles at widest diameter.
Inventory Description Ceramic tripod jar, rounded base and body, disc-like flared rim, band of triangular cut-outs at shoulder, black in color, highly burnished
Classification
  • Jar
Department Ethnographic
Date 1960-1989
Culture
  • Mexican
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Mexico / Oaxaca
Materials Ceramic
Dimensions Overall: 12.8 x 15 x 15.5 cm (5 1/16 x 5 7/8 x 6 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 995-29-20/27342
Provenance
Collector Dr. William R. Wright (1995)
Donor Dr. William R. Wright (1995)

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