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green, tan and white mottled stone; top carved with squat figure with long plaited beard; red pigment in crevices of carving

Celt, c. 500-750

Costa Rica

G255

miniature figure of a Man with a Rattle; lost wax casting in gold; this figure was found in the South Central region of Costa Rica, near the town of Buenos Aires

Pendant, 8th-15th century

Ngäbe or Guaymí

G255

Tripod effigy vessel, large, with the head of a jaguar in high relief. Two legs, finished at the base of the neck with rigid ring handles formed of the jaguar's front legs, represent the hind legs and are pierced and contain pellets. The third support, in the form of a flattened tail, emerges from the back of the vessel. The jaguar head, an oblong, bib-like area below, the legs, and a wide band at the throat, are painted in polychrome with geometric designs on an orange ground. High polish.

Vessel, c. 1100 - 1200 CE

Guanacaste

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Pendant, 9th-15th century

Diquis

G255

black stone; carved with glowering figure

Celt, c. 500-750

Costa Rica

G255

mottled green, white and black stone; abstracted bird handle

Celt, c. 500-750

Costa Rica

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round bottom bowl, ceramic (terra cotta), Costa Rican (Nicoya-Guanacaste), 1000-1500AD; acquired in Managua, Nicaragua by donor before 1959; owl faces in banded design; red and gray pigments on beige ground

Bowl, 11th-16th century

Nicoya

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metate in the form of a Jaguar, with a running band of 'S' scrolls around the rim; the animal is realistically suggested, with head in full relief, four legs, and curling tail

Metate in the Form of a Jaguar, 900-1299

Costa Rica

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Bowl, wide-mouthed, with a shaped painted band representing two owls, wings outspread, around the rim. The painting is in grey, black, orange, and buff on a cream slip ground. Jar cracked vertically on one side.

Bowl, 11th-14th century

Chorotega

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Guanacaste style, reproduction; earthenware, vivid black and red paint over orange slip

Reproduction of Standing Female Figure, 20th century

Guanacaste

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bowl with 2 Spouts, ceramic, Costa Rican (Nicoya-Guanacaste), 500-100BC; bowl with two spouts, terra cotta, brown slip with incised line decoration

Bowl with Two Spouts, 500-100 BCE

Nicoya

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bowl, ceramic, Costa Rican (Nicoya-Guanacast) 500-100BC; clay, red slip, incised lines

Bowl, 500-100 BCE

Nicoya

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Pot (Olla), c. 300 - 799 BCE

Chorotega

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unpainted, figure with arms akimbo

Figure, 300-799

Chorotega

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Tripod vessel that is flared at the top, at the top of each leg is what appears to be armadillo; vertical slit in each leg that are hollowed out with rattles placed inside; incised on the top.

Vessel, c. 500

Costa Rica

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unpainted

Figure, c. 300-799 CE

Chorotega

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Vessel, 300-799

Chorotega

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tripod serpent bowl, ceramic (terra cotta), Costa Rican (Nicoya-Guanacaste), 1000-1500AD; acquired in Managua, Nicaragua prior to 1959 by donor; animal heads used as tripod feet lack portions of noses; one tripod is completely repaired

Tripod Serpent Bowl, 11th-16th century

Nicoya

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tripod bowl with polychrome decoration in tan, red and brown

Footed Bowl, 300-799

Chorotega

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Urn, from the Nicoya Peninsula; pedestal base, basal flange, restricted orifice, hollow applique jaguar head below rim; 2 bands of polychrome decoration, one above flange and the other below the rim; polychrome ceramic

Urn, 10th-14th century

late Nicoya

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Composite Effigy Tripod Bowl, ceramic, Costa Rican (Nicoya Peninsula), 300-800AD cat. card dims H 3-1/4 x D 6' with slightly rounded base, basal flange and outflaring upper section; tripod effigy supports are hollow, with 3 rattle holes each, in the form of jaguar heads; curvilinear black, red, and cream polychrome decoration; brown ceramic

Composite Effigy Tripod Bowl, 300-799

Costa Rica

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Metate, 1-499

Costa Rica

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Tripod Vessel, earthenware, Costa Rican (Nicoya), Pre-Columbian cracked and restored, but still very fragile cat. card dims H 8-3/4 x D 7-1/8 rim 4'Tripod vessel, hollo mammiform supports with rattles, rounded base, convex lower section inflaring to ne-vertical upper section. Upper section is painted with banded red, black and cream polychrome decoration; rabbit head applique below upper section, supported by two arms connecting mouth two slightly raised arcs encircling head; head is painted red, white and black; background mottled cream slip; grey brown clay

Tripod Vessel, 1200

Guanacaste

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Tripod Bowl, ceramic, Costa Rican (Chorotega- Nicoya Peninsula), Pre-Columbian cat. card dims H 3-1/4 x D 8' with rounded base and outflaring upper section; tripod supports are hollow, truncated conical in shape with 3 rattle holes oneach, decoration is red, black and cream polychrom paint; design is geometric including circles, lines and panels of dots and hachure; interior design is far more intricate than exterior; brown ceramic

Composite Tripod Bowl, Date Unknown

Chorotega

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Composite Tripod Bowl, ceramic, Costa Rican (Highland), Pre-Columbian cat. card dims H 5 x D 8-3/8' with hollo conical supports with rattles and two vertical slit openings; rounded base meeting concave upper section and slightly everted rim; juncture point on interior is marked by concentric groove; upper section is decorated with crude applique heads alternated with post-slip hachure incision; red slip excluding tripod supports fired brown to black.

Composite Tripod Vessel, Date Unknown

Costa Rica

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Pendant, 1150-1450

Nicaragua or Costa Rica

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Cigar-shaped roller; rectangular rolling platform with three legs; black stone with holes throughout

Metate, Date Unknown

Mexico or Costa Rica

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Water jar with a bulbous body and short neck. Around the body a band of geometric design in red and black known as the alligator pattern. From the top of the band project four hook motifs in red bordered with black. Small handle of dissolved animal shape. Body badly cracked

Water jar, 900-1499

Ngäbe or Guaymí

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