1985.160 Head effigy vessel (Costa Rica, Greater Nicoya)


GENERAL DESCRIPTION  

NOTES
Greater Nicoya, Period V, 500–1000 CE, updated by KJones in TMS on 01/14/16 and 04/19/17.

Catalogue essays

Artist/designers

Cultures
Greater Nicoya (Costa Rican styles): DMA
Costa Rican styles: AAT: 300386018
Pre-Columbian (American): AAT: 300016619

Geography
Costa Rica (nation): TGN: 7005364
Nicoya (inhabited place / Guanacaste): TGN: 1016252
Guanacaste (province): TGN: 1001274

Process/materials
ceramic (material): AAT: 300235507
paint (coating): AAT: 300015029
clay: AAT: 300010439
modeling (forming): AAT: 300053130
coiling (pottery technique): AAT: 300053903
firing (technique): AAT: 300053887
incising: AAT: 300053847
carving: AAT: 300053149
engraving (action): AAT: 300053829
burnishing (polishing): AAT: 300053869
slip (clay): AAT: 300010459
slip glaze: AAT: 300015110
iron oxide: AAT: 300387477
iron oxide red (pigment): AAT: 300013537

Historical periods

Individuals

Subject terms
vessels (containers): AAT: 300193015
ritual vessels: AAT: 300265801
cups (drinking vessels): AAT: 300043202
funerary objects: AAT: 300234126
figures (representations): AAT: 300189808
human figures: AAT: 300404114
head: AAT: 300262520
faces (animal or human components): AAT: 300251798
tattoos: AAT: 300015614
face paint (body art / visual works / adornment): DMA
scarifications (visual works): AAT: 300262452
earrings (jewelry): AAT: 300045998
earspools: AAT: 300209300
splatter (spatter / speckled / printing techniques): AAT: 300254788
eyes (animal or human components): AAT: 300400484
teeth (animal components): AAT: 300400467
effigies (funerary sculpture): AAT: 300047108
effigies (general portraits): 300404933
anthropomorphic: AAT: 300010335
headbands (headgear): AAT: 300046115
headgear (headware): AAT: 300209285

RELATED OBJECTS 

PROVENANCE 
Until 1985: John Menser, Ancient Art of the New World, Inc. New York [1], [2]

From 1985: Dallas Museum of Art, gift of John A. Williams III and Rebecca Winn Williams [1], [2], [3], [4]

[1] The main source for this provenance was existing provenance information in TMS (in Dallas Museum of Art Digital Collections Records Object Files). Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.  

[2] The main source for this provenance is Acquisition Record (n.d., copy in Dallas Museum of Art Collections Records Object File). Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.

[3] The main source for this provenance is Acquisition Record (dated December 04, 1985, copy in Dallas Museum of Art Collections Records Object File). Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.

[4] The main source for this provenance is Deed of Gift (dated December 20, 1985, copy in Dallas Museum of Art Collections Records Object File). Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.

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Notes
Greater Nicoya, Period V, 500–1000 CE, updated by KJones in TMS on 01/14/16 and 04/19/17.

Catalogue essays

Artist/designers

Cultures
Greater Nicoya (Costa Rican styles): DMA
Costa Rican styles: AAT: 300386018
Pre-Columbian (American): AAT: 300016619

Geography
Costa Rica (nation): TGN: 7005364
Nicoya (inhabited place / Guanacaste): TGN: 1016252
Guanacaste (province): TGN: 1001274

Process/materials
ceramic (material): AAT: 300235507
paint (coating): AAT: 300015029
clay: AAT: 300010439
modeling (forming): AAT: 300053130
coiling (pottery technique): AAT: 300053903
firing (technique): AAT: 300053887
incising: AAT: 300053847
carving: AAT: 300053149
engraving (action): AAT: 300053829
burnishing (polishing): AAT: 300053869
slip (clay): AAT: 300010459
slip glaze: AAT: 300015110
iron oxide: AAT: 300387477
iron oxide red (pigment): AAT: 300013537

Historical periods

Individuals

Subject terms
vessels (containers): AAT: 300193015
ritual vessels: AAT: 300265801
cups (drinking vessels): AAT: 300043202
funerary objects: AAT: 300234126
figures (representations): AAT: 300189808
human figures: AAT: 300404114
head: AAT: 300262520
faces (animal or human components): AAT: 300251798
tattoos: AAT: 300015614
face paint (body art / visual works / adornment): DMA
scarifications (visual works): AAT: 300262452
earrings (jewelry): AAT: 300045998
earspools: AAT: 300209300
splatter (spatter / speckled / printing techniques): AAT: 300254788
eyes (animal or human components): AAT: 300400484
teeth (animal components): AAT: 300400467
effigies (funerary sculpture): AAT: 300047108
effigies (general portraits): 300404933
anthropomorphic: AAT: 300010335
headbands (headgear): AAT: 300046115
headgear (headware): AAT: 300209285

RELATED OBJECTS 

PROVENANCE 
Until 1985: John Menser, Ancient Art of the New World, Inc. New York [1], [2]

From 1985: Dallas Museum of Art, gift of John A. Williams III and Rebecca Winn Williams [1], [2], [3], [4]

[1] The main source for this provenance was existing provenance information in TMS (in Dallas Museum of Art Digital Collections Records Object Files). Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.  

[2] The main source for this provenance is Acquisition Record (n.d., copy in Dallas Museum of Art Collections Records Object File). Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.

[3] The main source for this provenance is Acquisition Record (dated December 04, 1985, copy in Dallas Museum of Art Collections Records Object File). Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.

[4] The main source for this provenance is Deed of Gift (dated December 20, 1985, copy in Dallas Museum of Art Collections Records Object File). Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.

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ceramic (material): AAT: 300235507
clay: AAT: 300010439
funerary objects: AAT: 300234126
modeling (forming): AAT: 300053130
slip (clay): AAT: 300010459
slip glaze: AAT: 300015110
Pre-Columbian (American): AAT: 300016619
incising: AAT: 300053847
paint (coating): AAT: 300015029
effigies (funerary sculpture): AAT: 300047108
coiling (pottery technique): AAT: 300053903
figures (representations): AAT: 300189808
burnishing (polishing): AAT: 300053869
effigies (general portraits): 300404933
vessels (containers): AAT: 300193015
ritual vessels: AAT: 300265801
faces (animal or human components): AAT: 300251798
geometric motifs: AAT: 300009764
carving (processes): AAT: 300053149
cups (drinking vessels): AAT: 300043202
heads (representations): AAT: 300262520
geometric patterns: AAT: 300165213
earrings (jewelry): AAT: 300045998
earspools: AAT: 300209300
human figures: AAT: 300404114
lines (geometric concept): AAT: 300056279
stripes: AAT: 300010230
crosses (motifs): AAT: 300010044
red (color): AAT: 300126225
circles (plane figures): AAT: 300055627
rectangles (parallelograms): AAT: 300055636
triangles (polygons): AAT: 300009806
geometric shape: AAT: 300263819
firing (technique): AAT: 300053887
anthropomorphic: AAT: 300010335
face paint (body art / visual works / adornment): DMA
repetition (artistic concept): AAT: 300400861
zigzags (geometric patterns): AAT: 300165028
black (color): AAT: 300130920
iron oxide: AAT: 300387477
oval (shape): AAT: 300263817
headgear (headwear): AAT: 300209285
engraving (action): AAT: 300053829
concentric: AAT: 300010274
lozenges: AAT: 300009791
eyes (animal or human components): AAT: 300400484
tattoos: AAT: 300015614
curves (geometric figures): AAT: 300378887
headbands (headgear): AAT: 300046115
teeth (animal components): AAT: 300400467
Costa Rica (nation): TGN: 7005364
scarifications (visual works): AAT: 300262452
splatter (spatter / speckled / printing techniques): AAT: 300254788
iron oxide red (pigment): AAT: 300013537
Costa Rican styles: AAT: 300386018
Greater Nicoya (Costa Rican styles): DMA
Nicoya (inhabited place / Guanacaste): TGN: 1016252
Guanacaste (province): TGN: 1001274
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