Bowl

MOA: University of British Columbia

2990/146

Modified hemispherical grey-brown bowl with flaring orange-red rim, rounded base and incised designs of four fox figures with triangular eyes, simplified body and tail. No interspace: orange-red paint and traces of white. Moulded technique; burnished surface. Broken and repaired.


  • Type of Item bowl
  • Culture Paracas
  • Material clay, paint, adhesive
  • Measurements height 6.0 cm, diameter 19.5 cm (overall)

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

  • Made in Teojate

  • Creation Date between 201 BCE and 101 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 2990/0146