Bowl with Monkey and Crocodile Motifs

Bowl with Monkey and Crocodile Motifs

AD 800-1000
Culture
Greater Nicoya
Country
Costa Rica
Style/Tradition
Mora Polychrome Mono Variety
Object
bowl
Medium
Modeled clay with orange/tan slip and pigments (black and red).
Accession Number
1993.905
Credit Line
Gift of Frederick and Jan Mayer
Bowl with Monkey and Crocodile Motifs . AD 800-1000. Modeled clay with orange/tan slip and pigments (black and red).. Gift of Frederick and Jan Mayer. 1993.905.
Dimensions
height: 4 1/2 in, 11.4300 cm; width: 10 1/4 in, 26.0350 cm
Department
Mayer Center, Arts of the Ancient Americas
Collection
Arts of the Ancient Americas
Known Provenance
Collection of Seymour Rosenberg, Miami, Florida; Purchased by Frederick and Jan Mayer, 1982 [1]; Gifted to the Denver Art Museum, 1993 [1] On loan to the Denver Art Museum, 1992