Bottle

MOA: University of British Columbia

2990/246

Double conical spout polished bottle with rounded base and bridge handle. Painted designs of seven jicamas with polychrome slip in short dashes: cream, orange-brown, gray, black, red-brown and brown on red-brown ground. Basket design in base with vertical black on white lines and band of diagonal black lines on top. Broken and repaired. Molded manufacture. Early Nasca Period.


  • Type of Item bottle
  • Culture Nasca
  • Material adhesive, clay, paint
  • Measurements height 22.1 cm, width 18.3 cm, depth 19.3 cm (overall)

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

  • Made in Nasca

  • Creation Date between 101 BCE and 400
  • 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 2990/0246