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Bowl

c. 600–1100 (Thermoluminescence date, 995–1395)
ceramic, slip
Base: 15.1 x 35 cm (5 15/16 x 13 3/4 in.); Lid: 29.9 x 38 cm (11 3/4 x 14 15/16 in.)
Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund 1995.72.a
Location: 233 Mesoamerican and Intermediate Region
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The lid of this bowl features an iguana.

Description

Fine ceramics like this were buried in the graves of the high-status dead, some of them certainly leaders of the several groups that competed in the area.
Bowl

Bowl

c. 600–1100 (Thermoluminescence date, 995–1395)

Costa Rica, Southern Nicoya region

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