Pre-Columbian Costa Rican Polychrome vessel dotted borders

dotted borders

where a related tupu is attributed to the Inca period

their elongated beaks extending downward over textured panels filled with dense stippled decoration

and painted facial panels

Pre-Columbian Costa Rican Polychrome vessel dotted bordersGreater Nicoya (Guanacaste), Costa Rica, ca. 8001200 CE. A large and finely formed ceramic vessel attributed to the Papagayo Polychrome tradition of the Greater Nicoya region in northwestern Costa Rica. The vessel displays a classic globular body rising from a flared pedestal base, culminating in a wide, slightly everted rim. Projecting from the shoulder is a modeled effigy head, likely representing a stylized avian or animal form, rendered with