Cup

MOA: University of British Columbia

2990/208

Small trophy head modeled cup. Painted designs of a black falcon with marked eyes, prominent nose, headdress with vertical black on cream lines, orange-brown “wounds” close to ears and back of head in red-brown paint. Complete.


  • Type of Item cup
  • Culture Nasca
  • Material clay, paint
  • Measurements height 7.4 cm, diameter 6.0 cm (overall)

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

  • Made in Nasca

  • Creation Date between 101 BCE and 400
  • 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 2990/0208