Jar

MOA: University of British Columbia

2990/217

Effigy red-brown slipped and molded jar with a slight flared rim. Design of a standing hunchback man with prominent nose and ears, arms extended and holding his hips and incised horizontal line as his mouth. Polished surface. Breakage repaired.


  • Type of Item jar
  • Culture Moche
  • Material clay, paint
  • Measurements height 17.6 cm, width 10.0 cm, depth 9.4 cm (overall)

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

  • Made in Peru

  • Creation Date between 101 BCE and 800
  • 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 2990/0217