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Jarlet

MOA: University of British Columbia

2990/221

Small flaring rim molded jar with rounded base and polish technique on surface. Painted designs of four frogs with head oriented to right side and one tadpole with head oriented to rim. Black, gray, orange-brown and cream on red-brown ground. Circles on interior rim represent frog eggs, painted in orange-brown, cream, grey and light brown, with black dots in the interior. Rounded base decorated with black and white circular band. Complete.

  • Type of Item jarlet
  • Culture Nasca
  • Material clay, paint
  • Measurements height 7.0 cm, diameter 11.0 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 2990/0221

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