Orange-brown compressed ovoid greyware bowl with an in-curving rim and eight double reed-stamped concentric circles with central dots evenly spaced around the body on the exterior. The dipper has been completely broken and reconstructed, and there is a hole in the side of the bowl where the shot handle (part b) would have attached. Approximately 2.5 cm of the handle's base is missing.

• Narrative

  The Paracas culture began about 900 B.C.E. with the introduction of Chavin influence. This thick-walled greyware does not exhibit obvious Chavinoid iconography. This form does not appear on the north coast until the close of the Early Horizon, so it is evidently southern in origin.

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• Type of Item dipper
• Culture Chavin, Paracas
• Material clay, adhesive
• Measurements height 9.3 cm, diameter 16.1 cm (part a) height 6.6 cm, width 3.3 cm, depth 2.3 cm (part b)

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• Previous Owner Alan R. Sawyer, Erika H. Sawyer
• Received from Erika H. Sawyer

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• Made in Teojate

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• Creation Date between 1501 BCE and 901 BCE
• Collection Date between 1950 and 1975
• Ownership Date before January 15, 2013
• Acquisition Date on January 15, 2013

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• Item Classes ceramics
• Condition poor
• Accession Number 2990/0051 a-b