Photo Credits: Cristian Figueroa.
Display Title: Aviform Ceramic Support
Object Number: MCB-07-01
Digital Number: TCISVM-0010
Material Type: Ceramic
Dimensions:
Length: 46.6 mm
Width: 45.8 mm
Height: 63.3 mm
Weight: 61.3g
Time Period: Pre-colonial
Provenance: Little Corn Island
Donor: William Hodgson
Location: Museo Histórico de la Costa Caribe CIDCCA-BICU
Accession Date: 2014
Description:
Aviform ceramic support likely depicting a duck (Anatidae) or other type of bird. The center of the support is hollow. The exterior is decorated with two circular lateral orifices forming the “eyes”, two appliquéd bands with a dotted pattern (one above each orifice) forming the “eyebrows”, two incised lines above each eye, and two incised lines at the start of the “beak” separating it from the rest of the face. The tip of the beak is concave and slightly flattened and would have served as the zone of support for a tripodal vessel alongside two additional supports. The surface of the ceramic is untreated and presents the natural reddish-orange color of the clay baked in an oxidizing environment.
Additional Photos:
Photo Credits: Top row images by Cristian Figueroa. Bottom row images by the Museo Histórico de la Costa Caribe del Centro de Investigaciones de la Costa Caribe-Atlántica de Bluefields Indian and Caribbean University (CIDCCA-BICU).