Jarlet

MOA: University of British Columbia

2990/533

Small effigy jar with flat base, side handle and flaring rim. Body and handle have geometrical red-brown decoration. Grey-brown face in spout has nose in high relief, line-incised eyes and applied-perforated ears. Breakage not restored.


  • Type of Item jarlet
  • Culture Recuay
  • Material clay, paint
  • Measurements height 4.9 cm, width 4.4 cm, depth 3.3 cm (overall)

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

  • Made in Ancash

  • 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 2990/0533