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Food Grater Bowl

MOA: University of British Columbia

2990/43

Small orange and brown, hemispherical bowl with a broad dark orange-red slipped border inside the rim. There is a central grater surface that is unpolished and is incised with a geometric pattern of parallel and intersecting lines. The pattern is obscured by wear. On the exterior surface there is a large area of dark grey, likely from the firing process. There are broken and repaired sherds on one side, and there is a piece missing beside the repair.

  • History Of Use

    The interior grating surface of the bowl shows wear from use in food preparation.

  • Type of Item bowl
  • Culture Paracas
  • Material clay, paint, adhesive
  • Measurements height 4.4 cm, diameter 16.6 cm (overall)
  • Previous Owner Alan R. Sawyer, Erika H. Sawyer
  • Received from Erika H. Sawyer
  • Made in Teojate
  • Creation Date between 601 BCE and 401 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 2990/0043

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