Bowl

MOA: University of British Columbia

2990/222

Hemispherical orange-grey molded and burnished bowl. Incised painted decoration of a continuous band at orange-red rim with four panels of geometrical vencejos (birds) and two of profile fox heads with arm below jaw. Traces of black, red-brown, brown, orange-red and cream pigments. Broken and repaired.


  • Type of Item bowl
  • Culture Paracas
  • Material adhesive, clay, paint
  • Measurements height 7.1 cm, diameter 19.1 cm (overall)

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

  • Made in Teojate

  • 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 2990/0222