Bowl

MOA: University of British Columbia

2990/53

Red-orange modified hemispherical bowl with an incised triple band on the rim just below the lip, extending almost all the way around the rim, leaving an approximate 11 cm gap. There are four sections of a lobed guilloche pattern painted below the band: one below each end of the band and the other two evenly spaced between. There are two minor chips on the lip, and a small crack beginning at the lip and extending approximately 3 cm down the rim.


  • Type of Item bowl
  • Culture Paracas
  • Material clay, paint
  • Measurements height 8.8 cm, diameter 19.9 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 fair
  • Accession Number 2990/0053