Jar
MOA: University of British Columbia
2990/833
Jar with ovoid body, one side handle, an applied feline design on the other side and black geometrical decoration on cream ground in body. One side has a band of triangular motifs with a dotted circle in the middle and below there are 23 bird stamp faces in a semilunar design. Other side has a band of geometrical waves motifs and 18 bird stamp faces in the interior of a similar semilunar design. Molded manufacture. Breakage not restored.
- Type of Item jar
- Culture Chancay
- Material clay, paint
- Measurements height 21.4 cm, width 19.7 cm, depth 19.0 cm (overall)
- Previous Owner Alan R. Sawyer, Erika H. Sawyer
- Received from Erika H. Sawyer
- Made in Lima
- Creation Date between 1000 and 1476
- 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 2990/0833