Crocodile-Man Tripod Jar
AD 300-800
Culture
Greater Nicoya
Country
Costa Rica
Style/Tradition
Huerta Incised
Object
effigy
Medium
Modeled clay with slip, colored brown through reduction firing techniques, and applique and engraved decoration highlighted by white infill.
Accession Number
1993.564
Credit Line
Gift of Frederick and Jan Mayer
Crocodile-Man Tripod Jar. AD 300-800. Modeled clay with slip, colored brown through reduction firing techniques, and applique and engraved decoration highlighted by white infill.. Gift of Frederick and Jan Mayer. 1993.564.
Dimensions
height: 8 1/4 in, 20.9550 cm; diameter: 7 3/8 in, 18.7325 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, August 7, 1970 [1]; Gifted to the Denver Art Museum, 1993
[1] On loan to the Denver Art Museum, 1992
Exhibition History
- "Pre-Columbian Art of Costa Rica: From the Collection of Jan and Frederick R. Mayer." Clara A. Hatton Gallery, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, February (?)-March 4, 1977. (Traveled to: Maxwell Museum, Albuquerque, NM, October 12, 1977-May 30, 1978).
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