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Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
Lidded Jar or Incense Burner
Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
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Lidded Jar or Incense Burner

Artist/Maker (Costa Rica)
Dateca. 500-1000
Mediumpottery and paint
DimensionsOverall: 13 x 9 in. (33 x 22.9 cm)
ClassificationsContainers
Credit LineGift of Seymour Rosenberg
Terms
    Object number72.016.038
    DescriptionThis style of Potosi ceramic originates in the southwest region of Nicaragua, but it, along with the more elaborate censers made in the Tempisque drainage of Guanacaste, is found throughout the Greater Nicoya area. The rough applique bands probably represent the scutes on an alligator's hide (Snarskis 1981:194).
    On View
    Not on view
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    Greater Nicoya
    ca. 1000-1550
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    Guna people
    not dated
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Greater Nicoya
    ca. 1-700
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Greater Nicoya
    ca. 1000-1550
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    18th century
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    mid 18th century
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Colima
    ca. 300 BCE-300 CE
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Tumaco-La Tolita
    300 BCE-200 CE
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Artist Unknown
    late 17th to early 18th century
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Maya (archaeological culture)
    ca. 600-900
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Manteño
    800-1500
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Central Highlands/Atlantic Watershed
    ca. 1000-1550