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Cup

MOA: University of British Columbia

3111/9

Cup with rounded base, globular body and slightly everted rim. Painted face decoration in body with nose and ear in relief, lenticular eyes, thin eyebrows and two horizontal bands in cheeks on black and red-brown paint. Headdress above has black cross-hatching design and base is undecorated.

  • 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 12.2 cm, diameter 11.6 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 1965
  • Ownership Date before May 21, 2015
  • Acquisition Date on May 21, 2015
  • Item Classes ceramics
  • Condition good
  • Accession Number 3111/0009

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