Pre-Columbian Costa Rican Polychrome vessel ochre yellow

ochre yellow

acquired 1998

The vessel displays a classic globular body rising from a flared pedestal base

Cauca Valley

Repaired from approximately eight original fragments with visible break lines and minor losses

Pre-Columbian Costa Rican Polychrome vessel ochre yellowGreater Nicoya (Guanacaste), Costa Rica, ca. 8001200 CE. A large and finely formed ceramic vessel attributed to the Papagayo Polychrome tradition of the Greater Nicoya region in northwestern Costa Rica. The vessel displays a classic globular body rising from a flared pedestal base, culminating in a wide, slightly everted rim. Projecting from the shoulder is a modeled effigy head, likely representing a stylized avian or animal form, rendered with