Jar

MOA: University of British Columbia

2990/476

Red-brown spondylus effigy jar with strap-vertical handle and ring base. Thin war with orange-brown and red-brown slip on yellow-cream background. Multiple cross-hatch painted designs with inter spaces alternating filled with concentric and small circles. Incised lines and dots on top of handle. Broken and restored.


  • Type of Item jar
  • Culture Cajamarca
  • Material clay, paint
  • Measurements height 10.2 cm, width 11.5 cm, depth 9.6 cm (overall)

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

  • Made in Cajamarca

  • Creation Date between 1000 and 1476
  • 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 2990/0476