Terracotta dish. Round high sided dish has a deep, rounded base and flares widely at rim. The outside is burnished and painted a light tan at bottom. At midpoint is an encircling motif of faces with large, wide eyes, a small mouth and a straight lock of hair to each side of the face. Above, the pot has two colour blocks of dark orange interspersed with two blocks of tan containing a decorative linear motif in dark brown and orange. The interior is undecorated.

• Narrative

  Collected by Mavis Balshaw while living near Paracas, Peru, c. 1968.

---

• Type of Item dish
• Culture Paracas
• Material clay, paint
• Measurements height 11.5 cm, diameter 22.5 cm (overall)

---

• Previous Owner Mavis Balshaw, Sheila Petrie
• Received from Sheila Petrie

---

• Made in Ica

---

• Creation Date between 901 BCE and 101 BCE
• Ownership Date before May 9, 2014
• Acquisition Date on May 9, 2014

---

• Item Classes ceramics
• Condition good
• Accession Number 3060/0016