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1950.3.10B

Deep circular tripod pottery bowl, on long thin hollow legs with animal's head and forefeet modelled at top. [MOBB [OPS move] 29/03/2016]

1950.3.10B

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Collection type
Object
Description
Deep circular tripod pottery bowl, on long thin hollow legs with animal's head and forefeet modelled at top. [MOBB [OPS move] 29/03/2016]
Long description
Fish-Tripod-Handled ware. Deep circular tripod bowl, on long thin hollow legs with animal's head and forefeet modelled at top; containing pellets. Rope pattern round base of short neck; flaring rim; two rope handles. Reddish ware blackened by use. [MOBB [OPS move] 29/03/2016]
Geographical reference
Panama
Latin America and the Caribbean > Central America > Panama
Chiriqui Province
Cultural groups
Guaymí
Person
Field collector Turner
PRM source Miss E.A. Turner
Date / Period
Date made: 1400-1600?, uncertain
Date collected
By 1950
Acquisition information
Purchased: 1950
Materials and processes
Material Pottery, Process Handbuilt
Dimensions
Height: max 161 mm, Diameter: max 165 mm, Width: max 140 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1950.3.10B

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