Fragment: Bottle

MOA: University of British Columbia

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Upper part of grey-brown ware bottle; neck ring with well-preserved brown-red and cream colours on twined fret motif with rectangular interspaces. Burnished surface. Half of spout is missing. Incomplete, restored.


  • Type of Item bottle
  • Culture Paracas
  • Material clay, adhesive, paint
  • Measurements height 6.0 cm, width 15.0 cm, depth 10.0 cm (overall)

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

  • Made in Teojate

  • Creation Date between 901 BCE and 201 BCE
  • Collection Date between 1950 and 1975
  • Ownership Date before January 15, 2013
  • Acquisition Date on January 15, 2013

  • Item Classes ceramics
  • Condition poor
  • Accession Number 2990/0122