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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Chiriquí
Title:Polychrome jar
Date Made:800-1500 CE
Type:Container
Materials:Ceramic; Earthenware with polychrome pigments
Place Made:Central America; Costa Rica or Panama
Measurements:Overall: 6 1/2 in x 6 1/8 in x 6 1/8 in; 16.5 cm x 15.6 cm x 15.6 cm
Accession Number:  MH 15.F.A
Credit Line:Gift of Mrs. Mary Hunter Lamson (Class of 1856)
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Flask-shape body container with painting (three vertical bands with geometric designs in dark brown and ocre).
Painted in red, black and tan. Date of Acquisition before 1894.

Tags:
geometry; lines; patterns

Subjects:
patterns (design elements)

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