Collar Jarlet

MOA: University of British Columbia

2990/65

Small terracotta collar jar with polychrome slip decoration. The short collar of the jar is painted dark brown. Below the collar there are five geometric panels: two with rosettes; two with squares with irregular diagonals; and one with a cross-hatched checkerboard pattern. the background of the panels is an off-white and the patterns are dark brown, with orange centres on the rosettes. Between and below the panels is dark orange, and the rounded base is a lighter orange.


  • Type of Item jarlet
  • Culture Nasca
  • Material clay, paint
  • Measurements height 7.0 cm, diameter 8.0 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 good
  • Accession Number 2990/0065