Cup

MOA: University of British Columbia

3111/6

Small polychrome cup with rounded base, everted sides and geometrical designs. Bands with stepped motif near rim. Middle has a band with six vertical designs, with three spirals on both sides representing waves. Below is a band of horizontal lines; white and black quartered base. White, black, grey, red-brown, orange-brown and cream paint. Molded manufacture; polished surface.

  • 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.


  • Type of Item cup
  • Culture Nasca
  • Material clay, paint
  • Measurements height 6.7 cm, diameter 8.7 cm (overall)

  • 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

  • Made in Ica

  • Creation Date between 101 BCE and 800
  • Collection Date during 1948
  • Ownership Date before May 21, 2015
  • Acquisition Date on May 21, 2015

  • Item Classes ceramics
  • Condition good
  • Accession Number 3111/0006