Cup

MOA: University of British Columbia

2990/522

Polychrome cup with a slightly rounded base and burnished surface. Twin beans decoration on outer surface in black with red-brown, light brown, light orange-brown, grey and black dashes on cream background and separated by thin black vertical lines. Red-brown base; grey interior surface. Broken and repaired.


  • Type of Item cup
  • Culture Nasca
  • Material adhesive, clay, paint
  • Measurements height 5.2 cm, diameter 8.0 cm (overall)

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

  • Made in Ica

  • 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 2990/0522