Bowl

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Origin Filadelfia (Greater Nicoya)

Title Bowl

Date 300–500

Medium Clay and pigment

Dimensions Object: 5 3/4 × 7 3/4 × 8 7/8 in. (14.6 × 19.7 × 22.5 cm)
Overall: 5 3/4 x 7 3/4 x 8 7/8 in. (14.6 x 19.7 x 22.5 cm)

Credit Line Gift of Friends of Art, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University

Accession Number 69.130.2

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Attached to the front of this bowl is a male figure whose legs become the front two supports of the bowl. One arm rests on the figure's waist with the other protruding over the rim of the bowl to rest on his head. Based upon the ornamentation of the figure it likely represents an elite member of society.

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"Bowl | Collections Online." Collections Online. Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University, 2025. https://artmuseum.indiana.edu/collections-online/browse/object.php?number=69.130.2