Tripod Jar with Two Faces
Unidentified maker (Costa Rica)
Pre-Columbian
Terracotta with applique
Overall: 4 5/16 × 2 15/16 in. (11 × 7.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Dr. Bradley M. Patten
171.29.25245
Geography
Place Made: Costa Rica, Central America
Object Name
Pottery
Research Area
Americas
Not on view
Exhibition History
Globalization in Ancient Costa Rican Arts, Alvin P. Gutman Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, February 25-October 1, 2006.
Provenance
Collected by Professor William Patten (1861-1932, Class of 1908H, Dartmouth Professor of Zoology, 1893-1931); to his son Dr. Bradley M. Patten (1889-1971), Ann Arbor, Michigan; given to present collection, 1971.
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