Cup

MOA: University of British Columbia

2990/523

Small molded, polished and polychrome cup with rounded base and inward sides. Near rim there is a band with pairs of brown stepped triangles and black dots on a cream ground. Six frontal female heads painted in area below with black hair and light yellow-cream faces. No slip on the interior surface.


  • Type of Item cup
  • Culture Nasca
  • Material clay, paint
  • Measurements height 5.5 cm, diameter 7.5 cm (overall)

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

  • Made in Ica

  • Creation Date between 500 and 800
  • 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 2990/0523