2005.53 Jar with modeled animal head and incised legs and tail (Costa Rica, Guanacaste-Nicoya)



GENERAL DESCRIPTION

NOTES
Greater Nicoya, 1000–1550 (noted on TMS), updated by KJones on 06/19/14 and 04/10/17.

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
clay: AAT: 300010439
paint (coating): AAT: 300015029
glazing (coating): AAT: 300053914
incising: AAT: 300053847
slip (clay): AAT: 300010459
slip glaze: AAT: 300015110
burnishing (polishing): AAT: 30053869
modeling (forming): AAT: 300053130
coiling (pottery technique): AAT: 300053903
slab method (pottery technique): AAT: 300053905
appliqué (technique): AAT: 300053646
relief (sculpture techniques): AAT: 300053622

Historical periods

Individuals

Subject terms
jars (vessels): AAT: 300195347
containers (hierarchy name): AAT: 300045611
vessels (containers): AAT: 300193015
storage containers: AAT: 300197582
storage jars: AAT: 300400541
ritual vessels: AAT: 300265801
figures: AAT: 300189808
animals (Animalia kingdom): AAT: 300249395
frogs (animals): AAT: 300250018
lizards (animals/ sauria suborder): AAT: 300250295
heads (representations): AAT: 300262520
legs (animal or human components): AAT: 300310192
tails (animal components): AAT: 300251800
claws (animal components): AAT: 300379351
scale pattern: AAT: 300010142
creatures: AAT: 300379697
supernatural (concepts): AAT: 300055947
mythical or legendary beings: AAT: 300375725
geometric shape: AAT: 300263819
geometric motifs: AAT: 300009764
geometric patterns: AAT: 300165213
lines (geometric concept): AAT: 300056279
bands (decorative): DMA
cross-hatching: AAT: 300101925
circular (shape): AAT: 300263827
circles (plane figures): AAT: 300055627
dots (geometric motif): AAT: 300010145
zigzags (geometric patterns): AAT: 300165028
chevrons (motifs): AAT: 300009766
earthenware: AAT: 300140803
chocolate cups (drinking vessels): AAT: 300043215
chocolate pots (vessels for serving drinks): AAT: 300145852

RELATED OBJECTS 

PROVENANCE 
Until 1970: Máximo Acosta, San José, Costa Rica [1]

1970-2005: John Lunsford, Dallas, purchased from the above [1]

From 2005: Dallas Museum of Art, gift of John Lunsford in honor of Jo Ann Griffin [1], [2], [3]

[1] The main source for this provenance is existing provenance information in TMS. Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.

[2] The main source for this provenance is Committee on Collections Record (dated September 28, 2005, 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 Deed of Gift (dated September 28, 2005, copy in Dallas Museum of Art Collections Records Object File). Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.

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FUN FACTS

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Notes
Greater Nicoya, 1000–1550 (noted on TMS), updated by KJones on 06/19/14 and 04/10/17.

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
clay: AAT: 300010439
paint (coating): AAT: 300015029
glazing (coating): AAT: 300053914
incising: AAT: 300053847
slip (clay): AAT: 300010459
slip glaze: AAT: 300015110
burnishing (polishing): AAT: 30053869
modeling (forming): AAT: 300053130
coiling (pottery technique): AAT: 300053903
slab method (pottery technique): AAT: 300053905
appliqué (technique): AAT: 300053646
relief (sculpture techniques): AAT: 300053622

Historical periods

Individuals

Subject terms
jars (vessels): AAT: 300195347
containers (hierarchy name): AAT: 300045611
vessels (containers): AAT: 300193015
storage containers: AAT: 300197582
storage jars: AAT: 300400541
ritual vessels: AAT: 300265801
figures: AAT: 300189808
animals (Animalia kingdom): AAT: 300249395
frogs (animals): AAT: 300250018
lizards (animals/ sauria suborder): AAT: 300250295
heads (representations): AAT: 300262520
legs (animal or human components): AAT: 300310192
tails (animal components): AAT: 300251800
claws (animal components): AAT: 300379351
scale pattern: AAT: 300010142
creatures: AAT: 300379697
supernatural (concepts): AAT: 300055947
mythical or legendary beings: AAT: 300375725
geometric shape: AAT: 300263819
geometric motifs: AAT: 300009764
geometric patterns: AAT: 300165213
lines (geometric concept): AAT: 300056279
bands (decorative): DMA
cross-hatching: AAT: 300101925
circular (shape): AAT: 300263827
circles (plane figures): AAT: 300055627
dots (geometric motif): AAT: 300010145
zigzags (geometric patterns): AAT: 300165028
chevrons (motifs): AAT: 300009766
earthenware: AAT: 300140803
chocolate cups (drinking vessels): AAT: 300043215
chocolate pots (vessels for serving drinks): AAT: 300145852

RELATED OBJECTS 

PROVENANCE 
Until 1970: Máximo Acosta, San José, Costa Rica [1]

1970-2005: John Lunsford, Dallas, purchased from the above [1]

From 2005: Dallas Museum of Art, gift of John Lunsford in honor of Jo Ann Griffin [1], [2], [3]

[1] The main source for this provenance is existing provenance information in TMS. Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.

[2] The main source for this provenance is Committee on Collections Record (dated September 28, 2005, 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 Deed of Gift (dated September 28, 2005, copy in Dallas Museum of Art Collections Records Object File). Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.

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animals (Animalia kingdom): AAT: 300249395
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ceramic (material): AAT: 300235507
clay: AAT: 300010439
modeling (forming): AAT: 300053130
slip (clay): AAT: 300010459
slip glaze: AAT: 300015110
glazing (coating): AAT: 300053914
Pre-Columbian (American): AAT: 300016619
incising: AAT: 300053847
paint (coating): AAT: 300015029
coiling (pottery technique): AAT: 300053903
slab method (pottery technique): AAT: 300053905
legs (animal or human components): AAT: 300310192
figures (representations): AAT: 300189808
circular (shape): AAT: 300263827
burnishing (polishing): AAT: 300053869
vessels (containers): AAT: 300193015
ritual vessels: AAT: 300265801
mythical or legendary beings: AAT: 300375725
geometric motifs: AAT: 300009764
heads (representations): AAT: 300262520
geometric patterns: AAT: 300165213
lines (geometric concept): AAT: 300056279
containers (hierarchy name): AAT: 300045611
storage containers: AAT: 300197582
circles (plane figures): AAT: 300055627
dots (geometric motif): AAT: 300010145
relief (sculpture techniques): AAT: 300053622
bands (decorative): DMA
geometric shape: AAT: 300263819
supernatural (concepts): AAT: 300055947
zigzags (geometric patterns): AAT: 300165028
jars (vessels): AAT: 300195347
lizards (animals/ sauria suborder): AAT: 300250295
frogs (animals): AAT: 300250018
cross-hatching: AAT: 300101925
scale pattern: AAT: 300010142
creatures: AAT: 300379697
earthenware: AAT: 300140803
tails (animal components): AAT: 300251800
appliqué (technique): AAT: 300053646
chevrons (motifs): AAT: 300009766
Costa Rica (nation): TGN: 7005364
storage jars: AAT: 300400541
chocolate cups (drinking vessels): AAT: 300043215
claws (animal components): AAT: 300379351
Costa Rican styles: AAT: 300386018
Greater Nicoya (Costa Rican styles): DMA
Nicoya (inhabited place / Guanacaste): TGN: 1016252
Guanacaste (province): TGN: 1001274
chocolate pots (vessels for serving drinks): AAT: 300145852
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