Skip to main content
Advanced Search
Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
Tripod Bowl
Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
© Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami. All rights reserved.

Tripod Bowl

Artist/Maker (Costa Rica)
Dateca. 1000-1550
Mediumpottery and slip paint
DimensionsOverall: 5 3/8 x 9 1/4 x 6 3/8 in. (13.7 x 23.5 x 16.2 cm)
ClassificationsContainers
Credit LineGift of Sylvia Coppersmith in memory of Dora Coppersmith
Terms
    Object number86.0076
    DescriptionThis bowl celebrates a major theme of this exhibition: Respect and reverence for the jaguar and its relationship with humans. The body of the bowl provides the body of the jaguar, with a modeled head attached to the front and three legs rather than four. Black, cream, and red paint were used against an orange background. The artists carefully placed dots and spirals around the rim to accentuate the jaguar’s distinctive spots. A bowl of this size and design would have been used for ceremonial feasting.
    On View
    Not on view
    Collections
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Whistle
    Central Highlands/Atlantic Watershed
    ca. 500-1000
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Jar
    Greater Nicoya
    ca. 1000-1350
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Flat Stamp
    Greater Nicoya
    ca. 1-700
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Jar
    Greater Nicoya
    ca. 1000-1350
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Bowl
    Classic Veracruz
    ca. 250-500
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Bowl
    Nariño-Carchi
    400-1532
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Stamp
    Maya (archaeological culture)
    ca. 600-900
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Figure
    Olmec
    ca. 1500-400 BCE
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Bowl
    Greater Nicoya
    ca. 500-800
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Bowl
    Maya (archaeological culture)
    ca. 600-900
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Tripod Jar
    Central Highlands/Atlantic Watershed
    ca. 1-500
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Throne
    Central Highlands/Atlantic Watershed
    ca. 1000-1550
    eMuseum
    Copyright © eMuseum