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Guanacaste-Nicoya Turkey Buzzard Effigy Vessel - PF.4123
Origin: Guanacaste, Nicoya, Costa Rica
Circa: 1000
AD
to 1550
AD
Dimensions:
14.5" (36.8cm) high
Collection: Pre-Columbian
Medium: Terracotta
Location: UAE
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| Description |
The artist has captured this turkey buzzard in
the moment of relaxation. His beautiful wings
are gently folded around his upper body. The
artist in depicting the skin and solemn
expression of the turkey buzzard’s head has paid
special attention. The applied head is centered
between the front two attached tripods. The
front two attached tripods depict the turkey's
standing legs with elaborate designs. 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.4123)
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