Bowl

MOA: University of British Columbia

2990/170

Interior decorated shallow bowl. Painted designs of two dolphins in dark-brown and brown-orange on white. Interior of sides are red-brown and exterior is black. Burnished technique on surface and molded manufacture. Broken and repaired.


  • Type of Item bowl
  • Culture Nasca
  • Material clay, paint, adhesive
  • Measurements height 6.6 cm, diameter 22.9 cm (overall)

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

  • Made in Nasca

  • Creation Date between 101 BCE and 800
  • 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 2990/0170