This bowl is a rattle. There are four legs, The ground is a light terra cotta color with black and dark terra cotta for decoration. the design is in three friezes on the interior. The middle frieze includes two young jaguars, and one head with feather headdress, repeated twice. The center motif is too faded to describe. The exterior has geometric motifs and one small head of an animal (bat?)
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Bowl

Maker unknown

800–1200

Artwork Information

  • Title:

    Bowl

  • Artist:

    Maker unknown

  • Artist Bio:

    Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Guanacaste-Nicoya

  • Date:

    800–1200

  • Medium:

    Terra cotta, polychrome

  • Dimensions:

    4 3/4 x 11 1/4 inches

  • Credit Line:

    Wichita Art Museum, Gift of S.O. Bud and Louise Beren

  • Object Number:

    2019.22.14

  • Display:

    Not Currently on Display