Bowl

MOA: University of British Columbia

2990/178

Flaring grey-brown bowl with flat base and burnished surface. Decoration of two incised bands: two frontal feline faces and profile bodies to right with triangular tail and "eye of god" motif between legs. Reed stamp circles on brown and orange-red. Traces of orange and yellow paints. Moulded manufacture. Broken and repaired.


  • Type of Item bowl
  • Culture Paracas
  • Material clay, paint, adhesive
  • Measurements height 5.1 cm, width 17.1 cm, depth 13.2 cm (overall)

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

  • Made in Ica

  • 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 2990/0178