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Tripod effigy jar, with crab, squid, and possibly tadpole
Tripod effigy jar, with crab, squid, and possibly tadpole
Object Number 976-33-20/24811
Display Title Tripod effigy jar, with crab, squid, and possibly tadpole
Descriptions
Object Description Tripod "chocolate pot" with rattle legs (1 broken off) and a crab, squid and tadpole on top of each leg. Dark reddish-brown, brown monochrome body; legs unpainted. Tripod jar with hollow support. A single vertical slit runs up one side of each support. Each support capped with saurian applique.
Inventory Description Ceramic tripod effigy jar, brown, rattle legs, long, thin vertical, cut-outs on
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Effigy
Department Archaeological
Date 400-700 CE
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Costa Rica / Limon / <County> / <City> / Las Mercedes
Central America / Costa Rica / Guanacaste / <County> / <City> / Linea Vieja
Additional Geographic Terms Linea Vieja
Materials Ceramic
Dimensions Overall: 19.5 x 16 cm (7 11/16 x 6 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 976-33-20/24811; 40 Las Mercedes; L.V.
Provenance
Collector Anonymous (1976)
Donor Anonymous (1976)

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