Bowl

MOA: University of British Columbia

2990/172

Modified hemispherical dark-brown burnished bowl. Incised geometrical designs of eight double diamonds in a horizontal double rim band; 13.5 cm gap between designs. Traces of red-brown and red-orange paint. Molded manufacture technique. Chip in rim but mainly unbroken.


  • Type of Item bowl
  • Culture Paracas
  • Material clay, paint
  • Measurements height 5.3 cm, diameter 17.25 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 fair
  • Accession Number 2990/0172