Plate

MOA: University of British Columbia

2990/448

Modeled plate with short ring pedestal, burnished interior and rounded orange-brown rim. Painted interior, terracotta with cream, orange-brown and black slip. Head with black headdress and tassels to the sides and band below with repeating spiral waves. Complete.


  • Type of Item plate
  • Culture Chancay, Inca
  • Material clay, paint
  • Measurements height 2.4 cm, diameter 13.6 cm (overall)

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

  • Made in Peru

  • Creation Date between 1100 and 1534
  • Collection Date between 1950 and 1975
  • Ownership Date before January 15, 2013
  • Acquisition Date on January 15, 2013

  • Item Classes ceramics
  • Condition good
  • Accession Number 2990/0448