Wide flaring gambrel brown-red slipped bowl with rounded base. Terracotta with fire clouding and interior base decorated with incised with feline figure, the head oriented at right angle to body. Three double and eleven single reed stamp pelt marks. The field surrounding figure and interior sides are painted without incision with rows of dots, three guilloche and six hooked radial bands. Well preserved red and white paint, traces of yellow paint in rim. Double band on exterior rim with six "figure 8" motifs painted below. Broken and repaired.

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• Type of Item bowl
• Culture Paracas
• Material clay, paint
• Measurements height 6.6 cm, diameter 20.5 cm (overall)

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

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• Made in Ica

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• 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

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• Item Classes ceramics
• Condition fair
• Accession Number 2990/0158