1976.W.44 Jar (Chiriquí, Panama or Costa Rica)

Chiriquí (period): AAT: 300017239

Pre-Columbian Panamanian styles: AAT: 300017241

Costa Rican styles: AAT: 300386018

Chiriquí (province): TGN: 1001201

Panama (nation): TGN: 7005565

Costa Rica (nation): TGN: 7005364

ceramic (material): AAT: 300235507

clay: AAT: 300010439

modeling (forming): AAT: 300053130

coiling (pottery technique): AAT: 300053903

firing (technique): AAT: 300053887

vessels (containers): AAT: 300193015

jars (vessels): AAT: 300195347

serving dishes: AAT: 300198294

ritual vessels: AAT: 300265801

storage jars: AAT: 300400541

round (shape): AAT: 300121969

buff (color): AAT: 300263546

texture (physical attribute): AAT: 300056362

decorating (process): AAT: 300056257

bosses (components): AAT: 300047259

animals (Animalia kingdom): AAT: 300249395

amphibians (Amphibia class): AAT: 300249665

frogs (animals): AAT: 300250018

Until 1976: Nora and John Wise, New York [1]

From 1976: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, The Nora and John Wise Collection, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Jake L. Hamon, the Eugene McDermott Family, Mr. and Mrs. Algur H. Meadows and the Meadows Foundation, Incorporated, and Mr. and Mrs. John D. Murchison [1], [2]

[1] The main source for this provenance is letter from A.L. Woodman, Chief of Valuation Analysis Section of the Internal Revenue Service, to Harry S. Parker, Director of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts (dated July 23, 1979, copy in Dallas Museum of Art Collections Records Object File, Confidential). Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.

[2] The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, was changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.

Apply to objects where number equals 1976.W.44