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