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Cup

MOA: University of British Columbia

2990/220

Flaring rim cup with rounded base and polish technique on surface. Painted design of six vencejos (birds) with dark-brown bodies in vertical position and heads oriented to rim, orange-brown beaks and neck bands of orange-brown, red-brown and gray (repeated twice) on white ground. Broken and repaired. Molded manufacture.

  • Type of Item cup
  • Culture Nasca
  • Material adhesive, clay, paint
  • Measurements height 8.1 cm, diameter 11.9 cm (overall)
  • Previous Owner Alan R. Sawyer, Erika H. Sawyer
  • Received from Erika H. Sawyer
  • Made in Nasca
  • Creation Date between 101 BCE and 800
  • 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 2990/0220

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