Bowl

MOA: University of British Columbia

2990/346

Burnished grey-brown bowl with incurved sides and rounded gambrel. Incised decoration of three fox figures with simplified curvilinear bodies and long pointed ears. Four bands at rim continue across undecorated interspace. Traces of orange-red and red-brown paints. Molded manufacture. Broken and repaired.


  • Type of Item bowl
  • Culture Paracas
  • Material clay, paint, adhesive
  • Measurements height 10.5 cm, diameter 19.6 cm (overall)

  • Previous Owner Alan R. Sawyer, Erika H. Sawyer
  • Received from Erika H. Sawyer

  • Made in Paracas

  • Creation Date between 201 BCE and 101 BCE
  • Collection Date between 1950 and 1975
  • Ownership Date before January 15, 2013
  • Acquisition Date on January 15, 2013

  • Item Classes ceramics
  • Condition poor
  • Accession Number 2990/0346