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Vessel: Jaguar(?)

c. 1000–1550

Costa Rica, Southern Nicoya region, Pataky Polychrome style

Medium
ceramic, slip
Measurements
Overall: 34.6 x 27 x 27.6 cm (13 5/8 x 10 5/8 x 10 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
James Albert and Mary Gardiner Ford Memorial Fund 1969.108
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Location
233 Mesoamerican and Intermediate Region
Print

Description

Artists of the Pataky style excelled in animal portrayals that typically combine a modeled head with a flat, boldly patterned vessel chamber, punned as the animal's body. The animals' meanings are unstudied, though it seems important that many strike human poses-creatures that combine human and animal traits often have mythic import.
A tan ceramic tripod vessel features a globular body and wide, flaring neck. A jaguar head with an open mouth and red tongue juts forward between two curved handles that rest like arms on three thick legs. Intricate black, red, and tan patterns cover the vessel's neck, chest, and legs. A vertical slit is carved into one leg, while the lower body is a solid reddish-brown clay.

Vessel: Jaguar(?)

c. 1000–1550

Costa Rica, Southern Nicoya region, Pataky Polychrome style

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