Rounded gambrel brownware bowl with red slip interior and rim decoration. There are three incised panels of abstract feline heads facing right on a field of horizontal lines dotted on alternating left & right ends. In between each of these is a panel of horizontal lines, making five incised panels. There is red paint and remnants of cream-coloured paint on the sections of the decoration. There are faded negative painted dots in the 9 cm gap between the incised panels. The bowl has been completely broken and reconstructed, and some small areas have been in-filled between joins or where small pieces are missing.

• Narrative

  The abstract feline head incised motif is rarely found.

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• Type of Item bowl
• Culture Paracas
• Material clay, paint, adhesive, plaster
• Measurements height 6.5 cm, diameter 16.4 cm (overall)

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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 601 BCE and 401 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 2990/0054