Jar

Bottle

40-16-198

From: Panama | Sitio Conte

Curatorial Section: American

Native Name Olla
Object Number 40-16-198
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Cocle
Provenience Panama | Sitio Conte
Site Name Sitio Conte
Culture Area Central American
Locus Burial 11
Date Made 450 - 900 CE
Section American
Materials Ceramic
Technique Polychrome
Description

Polychrome, round base bottle. Painted red, white, black, purple designs in triangles and chevrons. Miniscule neck. Small orifice. Intact. See: J.A. Mason's diarty, p.67, "B11, #129. Polychrome olla. Red, white, purple and black. Small orifice. Without neck or everted lip. S.W. Low. Just N. of - - - 180 N., 167.5 W." See: Field card: T2, B11, card #24. "129. Small mouth bottle. Sub-globular. round base flattened on top. Small orifice in center with raised rim. Polychrome. Triangles and chevrons in red, white, and purple. Intact."

Height 10.7 cm
Outside Diameter 13.4 cm
Credit Line Panama, Cocle Expedition; J. Alden Mason, 1940
Other Number B11- 129 - Field No SF

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