Bowl

MOA: University of British Columbia

2990/165

Molded brown-red slipped bowl with rounded base. Geometrical designs in grater surface with straight incised thin lines roughly occupying four quarters. Burnished technique on surface. Broken and repaired.


  • Type of Item bowl
  • Culture Paracas
  • Material clay, adhesive, paint
  • Measurements height 7.2 cm, diameter 16.9 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 2990/0165