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TRIPOD VESSEL WITH ARMADILLO-FORM LEGS
AD 1-500
Lina Vieja style, Atlantic Watershed, Costa Rica
Ceramic
Gift of Howard Campbell
(80.128)
Much of the artworks of the Costa Rican region, as in many of the pre-Columbian cultures, shows the use of everyday animals. The legs of the vessel may have held sand or pebbles and could be used as rattles.
Size: 7 1/4 x 8 x 8 in.
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