Polychrome jar with slightly rounded base. Wide-mouthed, tall cylindrical body. Five painted horizontal bands: (1) fourteen stepped motif in grey and orange-brown paint near rim on cream ground; (2) ten circles in orange-brown and white paint on black ground; (3) triangular motif in orange-brown, light beige, red-brown, cream and grey; (4) ten circles in orange-brown and white paint on black ground; (5) six trophy heads with long black hair and orange-brown faces, divided by vertical orange-brown lines on cream ground. Polished surface; molded manufacture.

• Narrative

  Rosita Tovell's father was a collector of Peruvian pre-Columbian ceramics. Rosita moved to Peru in the early 1960s, while her husband served as ambassador to Peru and Bolivia. During this time Rosita began to study and collect pre-Columbian Peruvian ceramics and textiles.

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• Type of Item jar
• Culture Nasca
• Material clay, paint
• Measurements height 21.7 cm, diameter 10.2 cm (overall)

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• Previous Owner Rosita LeSueur Tovell, Susan Moogk, Patricia Skahan, Peter H.M. Tovell, Rosemarie L. Tovell
• Received from Susan Moogk, Rosemarie L. Tovell, Peter H.M. Tovell, Patricia Skahan

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• Made in Ica

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• Creation Date between 101 BCE and 800
• Collection Date before 1950
• Ownership Date before May 21, 2015
• Acquisition Date on May 21, 2015

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• Item Classes ceramics
• Condition fair
• Accession Number 3111/0003