Bowl with everted rim, loop handle, rounded base and incised decoration. Incised and painted band at rim with three feline masks without fangs, three panels of stepped diagonals motifs on flange: two of ten stepped diagonal decorations and one of six. Orange-red, white and brown paints. Broken; partially repaired. Burnished surface. Part a) Bowl with rounded base and one loop handle in vertical position. Incised and painted band at everted rim with two feline masks without flangs and a band of ten stepped diagonal decorations between them; one feline mask is incomplete (right eye). Traces of orange-red and cream paint. b) Part of everted rim and bowl side. Incised and painted band at rim with half feline mask and six stepped diagonal decorations. Traces of orange-red and cream paint. c) Part of side and lower feline mask. Incised and geometrical decoration. d) Part of rim. Incised and painted band at everted rim with half face of feline mask. Traces of orange-red and cream paint. e) Part of rim. Incised and painted band with five stepped diagonal decorations. Traces of orange-red and cream paint. f) Part of rim. Incised and painted band with three stepped diagonal decorations. Traces of orange-red and cream paint. g) Part of rim. Incised and painted band showing the top of a stepped diagonal decoration. Traces of orange-red and cream paint. Parts h-j) Three undecorated fragments of bowl side and base.

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• Type of Item bowl
• Culture Paracas
• Material clay, paint, adhesive
• Measurements height 5.5 cm, width 20.7 cm, depth 16.0 cm (part a) height 2.8 cm, width 12.0 cm, depth 6.2 cm (part b) height 4.7 cm, width 8.5 cm, depth 1.5 cm (part c)

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

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• Made in Teojate

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• Creation Date between 401 BCE and 301 BCE
• Collection Date between 1950 and 1975
• Ownership Date before January 15, 2013
• Acquisition Date on January 15, 2013

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• Item Classes ceramics
• Condition poor
• Accession Number 2990/0883 a-j