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Bowl

MOA: University of British Columbia

2990/353 a-b

Large gray-brown burnished bowl with rounded base and flaring rim (part a). Terracotta with fire clouds. Painted and incised decoration of a three-winged forehead ornament. Six red-brown and brown geometrical incised motifs and a horizontal line on the inner rim. Well preserved traces of red-brown, orange-red and yellow-brown pigments. Molded manufacture. Breakage partially repaired. A piece of the bowl with painted and incised decoration in the outer left side is part b. The interior has a horizontal line and a geometrical motif in red-brown paint.

  • Type of Item bowl
  • Culture Paracas
  • Material adhesive, clay, paint
  • Measurements height 10.1 cm, width 32.1 cm, depth 30.1 cm (part a) width 14.0 cm, depth 7.9 cm (part b)
  • 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 2990/0353 a-b

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