Description:

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Chupicuaro, ca. 400 BCE to 200 CE. A large redware bowl resting on tripodal feet, decorated on the exterior with zigzagging lines in black and cream. Each hollow leg features a pair of drilled holes that lead inside, suggesting they may have once contained pebbles or clay balls that rattled within. Tripod vessels that functioned as rattles served practical and ceremonial purposes, enhancing rituals with auditory elements believed to invoke deities and ancestors, while their multifunctionality allowed for daily use alongside spiritual practices. Size: 9.75" Diameter x 4.25" H (24.8 cm x 10.8 cm)

Provenance: private Boulder, Colorado, USA collection, acquired in Denver, Colorado, USA in the 1980s

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  • Condition: Hairline fissure on the rim. Repaired with stabilizing material added to a fissure radiating from the rim towards the center of the basin. Repair is well done and nearly indiscernible. Scattered manganese deposits across the surface.

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