Cup

MOA: University of British Columbia

2990/212

Flaring cup with red-brown rim and rounded base. Painted designs of four foxes in orange-brown, red-brown, gray, white and black on white ground. Broken and repaired.


  • Type of Item cup
  • Culture Nasca
  • Material adhesive, clay, paint
  • Measurements height 8.3 cm, diameter 11.8 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 fair
  • Accession Number 2990/0212