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Guanacaste–Nicoya Tripod Bowl with Monkey Figures
This vessel (500–1350) from the Guanacaste–Nicoya culture features monkeys climbing the legs and rim. In Mesoamerican tradition, monkeys symbolized playfulness, creativity, and sometimes eroticism. Their animated poses may reflect themes of fertility or ritual performance, linking the bowl’s function to ceremonies of renewal or transformation.
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