Small burnished clay disk with a slightly rounded bottom. Dish is round and shallow, and may have been used as a cap for a skull. Interior is painted a dark brown, as is the outside rim, with exterior body and base a light brown with areas of red-brown. No further decoration.

• Narrative

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

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• Type of Item disk
• Culture Paracas
• Material clay, paint
• Measurements height 3.5 cm, diameter 13.5 cm (overall)

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

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• Made in Ica

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

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• Item Classes ceramics
• Condition fair
• Accession Number 3060/0020