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Guanacaste-Nicoya Turkey Buzzard Effigy Vessel - PF.4165
Origin: Guanacaste, Nicoya, Costa Rica
Circa: 1000
AD
to 1550
AD
Dimensions:
11.5" (29.2cm) high
Collection: Pre-Columbian
Style: Guanacaste-Nicoya
Medium: Terracotta
Location: United States
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| Description |
The artist has captured this turkey buzzard in
the moment of flight. His beautiful wings are
spread and ready to go! The artist in depicting
the textured skin of the turkey buzzard’s head
has paid special attention. The applied head is
centered between the front two attached tripods.
The third, a tail-like support, is at the rear.
Encircling the upper portion of the pear-shaped
jar is a delicately painted, wide band containing
jaguars. This pear-shaped jar has been created
in the white slipped tradition. The heavy white
base coat was used as a surface for the brightly
painted ritual imagery. It makes the turkey
buzzard and the jaguar theme stand out in a
spectacular manner that is distinctive and easy to
read. It seems clear that this was truly the
purposeful intent of the artist who created this
jar and that it was meant to serve as a vehicle of
communication among people who shared the
same culture.
- (PF.4165)
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