Pre-Hispanic Collection
Usulutan tripod bowl
IDAEH Cultural Property No. 1.2.118.0507
Category Pots and Containers
01 Photograph Gallery
Photo credits: Jesús Alejandro González Córdova
02 Object Information
- Description
Usulután-type tripod bowl, orange in color, decorated with a pattern of lines created using negative painting.
The vessel has a rounded rim, a curved-divergent wall, and a convex bottom with mammiform supports.
*Former APECUGUA Collection (Association for the Study of Guatemalan Culture); voluntarily donated to La Ruta Maya Foundation in 2023
- Period
- CLASSIC (150/200 A.D.-900 A.D.)
- Provenance
- Pacific Coast of Guatemala
- Medium / Material
- Clay
- Technique
- Appliqué / application, Modeled, Painting
- Dimensions
Height: 10.5 cm
Diameter: 24.5 cm
03 References and Exhibitions
- References to similar objects
- Exhibitions
On display at the Museum of Cultures of the South Coast, on the South Campus of the Universidad del Valle de Guatemala. Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa, Escuintla.
- Publications
