Jarlet
MOA: University of British Columbia
2990/63
Small terracotta jar with polychrome slip decoration. The exterior and base ground is an off-white, and there are three birds outlined in black with red, orange and grey around the exterior. There is a black on white curvilinear water pattern on the exterior base, separated from the birds on the sides by a thick red band. There is also a red band around the rim, on both the interior and exterior edges.
- Type of Item jarlet
- Culture Nasca
- Material clay, paint
- Measurements height 8.0 cm, diameter 9.0 cm (overall)
- Previous Owner Alan R. Sawyer, Erika H. Sawyer
- Received from Erika H. Sawyer
- Made in Peru
- Creation Date between 400 and 500
- 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 2990/0063