GENERAL DESCRIPTION
NOTES
Greater Nicoya, 300–700 C.E., updated by KJones in TMS on 03/31/17.
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
volcanic stone (extrusive rock): AAT: 300011246
stone: AAT: 300011176
incising: AAT: 300053847
carving: AAT: 300053149
drillwork (sculpture technique): AAT: 300186211
Historical periods
Individuals
Subject terms
sculpture: AAT: 300047090
metates (grinding stones / culinary mills): AAT: 300209571
grinding stones (culinary mills): AAT: 300263933
tripod vessels (vessels / containers by form): DMA
tripods (stands): AAT: 300164679
portable: AAT: 300256252
figures (representations): AAT: 300189808
supernatural (concepts): AAT: 300055947
animals (Animalia kingdom): AAT: 300249395
birds (animals): AAT: 300266506
birds (motifs): AAT: 300375751
beaks (animal components): AAT: 300400475
geometric patterns: AAT: 300165213
geometric motifs: AAT: 300009764
lines (geometric concept): AAT: 300056279
spirals (geometric figures): AAT: 300163114
circles (plane figures): AAT: 300055627
squares (geometric figures): AAT: 300055637
chevrons (motifs): AAT: 300009766
fertility: AAT: 300379149
corn (plant/zea mays species): AAT: 300375398
maize (plant/zea mays species): AAT: 300375398
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
n.d.: Fred J. Mitcham [1]
n.d.: Enrique Vargas Alfaro, San Jose, Costa Rica [1]
Until 1967: Mr. and Mrs. Raymond D. Nasher [1], [2], [3]
From 1967: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, gift of the above [1], [2], [3], [4]
[1] The main source for this provenance was existing 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 a letter from Merrill C. Rueppel, Director of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, to Raymond D. Nasher (dated September 23, 1967, copy in Dallas Museum of Art Collections Records Object File, Confidential). Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.
[3] The main source for this provenance is a letter from Merrill C. Rueppel, Director of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, to Mr. and Mrs. Raymond D. Nasher (dated September 29, 1967, copy in Dallas Museum of Art Collections Records Object File, Confidential). Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.
[4] The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, was changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.
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Notes
Greater Nicoya, 300–700 C.E., updated by KJones in TMS on 03/31/17.
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
volcanic stone (extrusive rock): AAT: 300011246
stone: AAT: 300011176
incising: AAT: 300053847
carving: AAT: 300053149
drillwork (sculpture technique): AAT: 300186211
Historical periods
Individuals
Subject terms
sculpture: AAT: 300047090
metates (grinding stones / culinary mills): AAT: 300209571
grinding stones (culinary mills): AAT: 300263933
tripod vessels (vessels / containers by form): DMA
tripods (stands): AAT: 300164679
portable: AAT: 300256252
figures (representations): AAT: 300189808
supernatural (concepts): AAT: 300055947
animals (Animalia kingdom): AAT: 300249395
birds (animals): AAT: 300266506
birds (motifs): AAT: 300375751
beaks (animal components): AAT: 300400475
geometric patterns: AAT: 300165213
geometric motifs: AAT: 300009764
lines (geometric concept): AAT: 300056279
spirals (geometric figures): AAT: 300163114
circles (plane figures): AAT: 300055627
squares (geometric figures): AAT: 300055637
chevrons (motifs): AAT: 300009766
fertility: AAT: 300379149
corn (plant/zea mays species): AAT: 300375398
maize (plant/zea mays species): AAT: 300375398
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
n.d.: Fred J. Mitcham [1]
n.d.: Enrique Vargas Alfaro, San Jose, Costa Rica [1]
Until 1967: Mr. and Mrs. Raymond D. Nasher [1], [2], [3]
From 1967: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, gift of the above [1], [2], [3], [4]
[1] The main source for this provenance was existing 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 a letter from Merrill C. Rueppel, Director of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, to Raymond D. Nasher (dated September 23, 1967, copy in Dallas Museum of Art Collections Records Object File, Confidential). Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.
[3] The main source for this provenance is a letter from Merrill C. Rueppel, Director of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, to Mr. and Mrs. Raymond D. Nasher (dated September 29, 1967, copy in Dallas Museum of Art Collections Records Object File, Confidential). Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.
[4] The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, was changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.
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