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Cauca Valley
Date: 116–51 BC
The crisp modeling and rich glaze remain remarkably preserved
acquired 1998
bold designs
Pre-Columbian Costa Rican Polychrome vessel Cauca ValleyGreater 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
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