Iruzu Yellow Line. Buff body with terra cotta and dark red ochre slip decoration. The tripod legs are two arms and a tail with the hands holding the head of a monkey? Leg includes rattle. The front arms are striped and a geometric design circles the rim inside and out.
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Tripod Monkey Effigy Bowl

Maker unknown

1000–1550

Artwork Information

  • Title:

    Tripod Monkey Effigy Bowl

  • Artist:

    Maker unknown

  • Artist Bio:

    Pre-Columbian, Costa Rican, Period VI, Central Highlands-Atlantic Watershed

  • Date:

    1000–1550

  • Medium:

    Terra cotta

  • Dimensions:

    4 3/4 x 8 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches

  • Credit Line:

    Wichita Art Museum, Gift of S.O. Bud Beren Estate

  • Object Number:

    2007.53.14

  • Display:

    Not Currently on Display