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