Bowl with Stylized Serpent Imagery
AD 800-1250
Culture
Greater Nicoya
Country
Nicaragua
Style/Tradition
Papagayo Polychrome
Manta Variety
Object
bowl
Medium
Modeled clay with white slip and pigments (black, brown, red, and orange).
Accession Number
1993.700
Credit Line
Gift of Frederick and Jan Mayer
Bowl with Stylized Serpent Imagery. AD 800-1250. Modeled clay with white slip and pigments (black, brown, red, and orange).. Gift of Frederick and Jan Mayer. 1993.700.
Dimensions
height: 2 1/2 in, 6.3500 cm; diameter: 8 1/4 in, 20.9550 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
