Tripod Bowl with Painted Designs
AD 800-1250
Culture
Greater Nicoya
Country
Nicaragua
Style/Tradition
Papagayo Polychrome
Culebra Variety
Object
bowl
Medium
Modeled clay with white slip and pigments (black, red and orange).
Accession Number
1993.692
Credit Line
Gift of Frederick and Jan Mayer
Tripod Bowl with Painted Designs. AD 800-1250. Modeled clay with white slip and pigments (black, red and orange).. Gift of Frederick and Jan Mayer. 1993.692.
Dimensions
height: 4 1/8 in, 10.4775 cm; diameter: 8 in, 20.3200 cm
Department
Mayer Center, Arts of the Ancient Americas
Collection
Arts of the Ancient Americas
Known Provenance
(Enrique Vargas-Alfaro) [1915-2008], San Jose, Costa Rica and Atlanta, GA; Purchased by Frederick R. [1928-2007] and Jan Mayer, Denver, CO, October 1969 [1]; Gifted to the Denver Art Museum, 1993
[1] On loan to the Denver Art Museum, 1992
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