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Tripod Bowl

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Object Number:12700
Current Location: Mexico and Central America Gallery
Currently On Display
Culture:Greater Nicoya
Provenience: Nicaragua
Costa Rica
Culture Area: Central American
Date Made: 800-1300 CE
Early Date: 800
Late Date: 1300
Section:American
Materials:Ceramic
Height: 12.7 cm
Outside Diameter:22.86 cm
Credit Line:Purchased from Sr. Perez, Ecuadorian Commissioner, World's Columbian Exposition; Subscription of Charles H. Cramp, 1893

Description

Flat-bottomed bowl with three cylindrical feet. Interior is painted with the image of a supernatural fused human-bird figure.

Current & Past Exhibitions:

Mexico and Central American Gallery (16 Nov 2019) View Objects in Exhibition
Mayan Gallery (1954 - 2001) View Objects in Exhibition
Mesoamerican Gallery (23 Mar 2001 - 2018) View Objects in Exhibition

Bibliography:

[Book] Dorling Kindersley Limited. 2014. History of the World in 1,000 Objects.. London. Dorling Kindersley Limited. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: Page 182 Top row, second from leftView Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Catalogue, Exhibition] Danien, Elin. 2002. Guide to the Mesoamerican Gallery at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 89, pl. 101View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Article] Mason, John A. 1943. "Preface: The American Collections: The Ancient Civilizations of Middle America". The University Museum Bulletin. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 10. no. 1-2. pg. 1-6 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 3View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Article] Mason, John A. Dec 1927. "What We Know About the Maya (from a lecture delivered at the Museum on November 13th)". The Museum Journal. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 18. no. 4. pg. 351-380 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 372View Objects related to this Actual Citation

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