Terracotta bowl with flaring rim, rounded base and polychrome slip decoration. There is a short red border around the interior lip, the top and exterior edge of the lip is black, and below that there are four panels, each with a central human figure adorned with a feathered, pointed hat and holding leaves and an animal (?) or plant (?) in its hands. The colours used in the panels are orange, yellow, mauve, grey and black. The painted surface of almost half of two panels has worn away. The base and bottom 1.5 cm of the sides are dark red.

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• Type of Item bowl
• Culture Nasca
• Material clay, paint
• Measurements height 10.8 cm, diameter 12.5 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 Peru

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• Creation Date between 400 and 500
• 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 fair
• Accession Number 2990/0064