Bowl

MOA: University of British Columbia

2990/343

Grey-brown flaring bowl with a slight rounded base. Painted and incised decoration of a double twined fret motif in red-brown, light cream-orange and cream paints. Double incised horizontal lines on rim. Molded manufacture; burnished surface. Breakage repaired.


  • Type of Item bowl
  • Culture Paracas
  • Material clay, paint
  • Measurements height 7.4 cm, diameter 19.2 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 2990/0343