Bowl

MOA: University of British Columbia

2990/71

Miniature terracotta flared bowl with rounded base and polychrome slip decoration consisting of dark red concentric rectangles on a cream-coloured background, a red band and a black and white quartered base. Each section is outlined in black, beginning at the lip. There is a chip on the rim, and a repaired broken sherd.


  • Type of Item bowl
  • Culture Nasca
  • Material clay, paint, adhesive
  • Measurements height 5.4 cm, diameter 10.7 cm (overall)

  • Previous Owner Alan R. Sawyer, Erika H. Sawyer
  • Received from Erika H. Sawyer

  • Made in Peru

  • Creation Date between 500 and 700
  • 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 2990/0071