Bowl

MOA: University of British Columbia

2990/45

Small modified hemispherical blackware bowl. There is a single row of evenly spaced circular reed-stamped decoration on the inside rim, below the lip. The exterior surface and interior rim are finely polished. The interior body is not polished, and there are visible smoothing striations.


  • Type of Item bowl
  • Culture Paracas
  • Material clay
  • Measurements height 5.6 cm, diameter 14.9 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 good
  • Accession Number 2990/0045