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Ceramic tripod jar, with a flared rim and elongated triangular feet each with an applique frog
Ceramic tripod jar, with a flared rim and elongated triangular feet each with an applique frog
Object Number 2013.24.150
Display Title Ceramic tripod jar, with a flared rim and elongated triangular feet each with an applique frog
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ceramic tripod vessel, wide flared rim, brown slip, three hollow elongated triangular or horn shaped feet with frog appliques at the junction of the foot with the vessel body, each foot has a large perforation on the opposite side from the frogs and two smaller perforations on either side of the frogs, while the frogs themselves are perforated three times once at the back and once on either side
Classification
  • Tripod
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Pre-Columbian Central American styles and periods
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Costa Rica
Materials Ceramic , Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 25.4 × 12.9 × 12.9 cm (10 × 5 1/16 × 5 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2013.24.150
Credit Line Gift of Mary Dodge Cobb in memory of Carroll William Dodge
Provenance
Collector Carroll William Dodge
Donor Donated by Mary Dodge Cobb (11/20/2013)

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