Bowl with animal head legs
Maker
Ancient American
Label TextGreater Nicoya high-status grave offerings included decorated ceramics that often depicted predatory animals—such as crocodiles, jaguars, and harpy eagles—as well as human (shaman?) figures with non-natural traits, like wings and animal heads. This tripod bowl with rattles in the legs contains stylized bird heads painted inside the bowl and anthropomorphic heads with teeth and enormous tongues that form the tripod legs.
Object number48.243
Photo CreditPhoto: Elizabeth Mann
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Cosmic Beings in Mesoamerican and Andean Art, Nov. 10, 2018 - ongoing.Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection
Dimensions4 3/4 in. (12.07 cm)
Diam.: 8 1/2 in.
MediumCeramic with paint