Bowl

MOA: University of British Columbia

2990/234

Flaring rim and polished bowl with rounded base and molded manufacture technique. Painted designs of a corpse in water, arms outward in orange-brown holding fans, legs in dark red and head band in orange-brown and gray paint. Rectangular section of body (on base) cut away. Yellow cream, orange-brown, gray and black on cream ground. Complete.


  • Type of Item bowl
  • Culture Nasca
  • Material clay, paint
  • Measurements height 9.5 cm, diameter 12.8 cm (overall)

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

  • Made in Nasca

  • Creation Date between 400 and 500
  • Collection Date between 1950 and 1975
  • Ownership Date before January 15, 2013
  • Acquisition Date on January 15, 2013

  • Item Classes ceramics
  • Condition good
  • Accession Number 2990/0234