Pre-Columbian Nicoya Polychrome Tripod Vessel The lower portion of the

The lower portion of the fragment has been intentionally reworked in antiquity and drilled

deaccesioned from The Lake Forest College Art collection

The figure remains intact overall

Scholars note that such smiling imagery may have served to invoke the cyclical renewal of life and agricultural abundance central to Veracruz ritual ideology

Condition:Fragmentary with losses

Pre-Columbian Nicoya Polychrome Tripod Vessel The lower portion of theGreater Nicoya Region (Guanacaste), Costa Rica, ca. 8001200 CE. A finely formed Pre Columbian ceramic tripod vessel from the Greater Nicoya region of northwestern Costa Rica, dating to the Middle Polychrome Period. The vessel features a globular body supported on three short, solid legs and rises to a slightly tapering neck with a straight rim. The upper register is decorated with a continuous band of geometric and abstract motifs rendered in red and