Two Mayan Corobicis tripod jars

dc.contributor.other	Kruger, S.
dc.date.accessioned	2016-07-06T11:59:00Z
dc.date.available	2016-07-06T11:59:00Z
dc.date.created	1000 BC
dc.date.issued	2010
dc.description	These two red clay earthenware tripod jars are from the Late Mayan Period IV (100BC – 500AD) of the central highlands of Costa Rica. These jars originate from a smaller sub-group of the Mayan civilization, called the Corobicis. The one jar is round and stands on three animal feet with a frog’s head at its top. There is a bead pattern on the rim of the pot. On the engraved sides of the pot just above each foot is an insect in relief. The other jar has three short conical feet and the belly of the jar touches the ground. On the shoulder of this pot there is a bead pattern with three small frog heads (one is missing). Between the flaring lip of the jar and the bead pattern is a criss-cross mesh pattern incised into the clay. Both these pots were donated to the University of Pretoria by Dr Hilgaard Muller. They were given to him as a gift in Costa Rica.	en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorship	Ceramic 101	en_ZA
dc.format.extent	a. 125 mm x 129 mm b. 135 mm x 170 mm	en_ZA
dc.format.medium	Earthenware	en_ZA
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2263/53777
dc.publisher	Department of the University of Pretoria Art	en_ZA
dc.relation.ispartofseries	UP-Art : paintings, drawings and sculptures	en_ZA
dc.relation.ispartofseries	D701272	en_ZA
dc.rights	Copyright of the electronic version, University of Pretoria.	en_ZA
dc.subject	Red vessels	en_ZA
dc.title	Two Mayan Corobicis tripod jars	en_ZA
dc.type	Image	en_ZA