Jar
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- Date created
- 2012
- Culture/People
- Chorotega
- Artist/Maker
- Ilcia Chavarria (Ilcia Chavarria Arelis Ruiz), Chorotega
- Seller
- Chietón Morén
- NMAI agent
- Dr. Alexander Villa Benitez (Alex Benitez), Non-Indian
- Collection History
- Purchased by Dr. Alexander Villa Benitez (George Mason University) for NMAI from Chietón Morén (a gallery in San Jose, Costa Rica) in 2012.
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- Place
- San Vicente de Nicoya community; Nicoya; Nicoya Cantón; Guanacaste Province; Costa Rica
- See related items
- Chorotega
- Containers and Vessels
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 26/8999
- Barcode
- 268999.000
- Object Type
- Containers and Vessels
- Object Name
- Jar
- Media/Materials
- Pottery, clay slip, paint
- Techniques
- Coiled/hand built, incised, burnished, painted
- Dimensions
- 15.0 x 26.0 cm
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_407703