Bottle
MOA: University of British Columbia
2990/40
Globular, single spout blackware bottle with broad, decorated shoulder. The shoulder is divided into quarters by double incised lines. Two of the double lines opposite each other are painted red in between. Each quarter of decoration is divided in half by an incised zigzag line, and each side is painted a colour. These colour sections alternate dark red, dark yellow-brown, and grey-brown. The bottle has been completely broken and reconstructed.
- Type of Item bottle
- Culture Paracas
- Material clay, paint, adhesive
- Measurements height 14.0 cm, diameter 13.2 cm (overall)
- Previous Owner Alan R. Sawyer, Erika H. Sawyer
- Received from Erika H. Sawyer
- Made in Ica
- Creation Date between 901 BCE and 201 BCE
- Collection Date between 1950 and 1975
- Ownership Date before January 15, 2013
- Acquisition Date on January 15, 2013
- Item Classes ceramics
- Condition fair
- Accession Number 2990/0040