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Panamanian/Costa Rican Pottery Tripod Jar – Owl Motif
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Pre-Columbian, Central America, Panama or Costa Rica, ca. 800 to 1200 CE. With a complex and iconographically rich design, this large terracotta tripod vessel, sometimes called a spider-leg jar or cocoa-jar is perhaps most impressive for its looped legs adorned with upside down owls. The owl forms display elaborate detailing; note the incised x-shaped patterns on their chests, staccatoed markings adorning their applied wings and tails, engaging eyes created with concentric circles that make for a spiraled impression, and their pronounced hooked beaks. The cup form of the vessel itself is further adorned with a band of incised decoration. The owl is a nocturnal bird that various Pre-Columbian cultures associated with earth, darkness, death, and the underworld. Given such deep symbolism, this vessel was most likely used in ritualistic ceremonies by the indigenous.
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Weight 4lb.
Height 9.25"
Width 8.5"
Depth 8.5"
Weight 4lb.
Height 9.25"
Width 8.5"
Depth 8.5"
Date 1st Century
Medium Terracotta
Origin Central America
Subject Pottery
Frame No
Title “Panamanian/Costa Rican Pottery Tripod Jar – Owl Motif”
Kind Ceramics, Pottery & Crystal, Collectibles, Ethnographic Art & Ancient Artifacts