Bowl

MOA: University of British Columbia

2990/233

Molded bowl with flared rim and rounded base. Painted design on the exterior of four abstract condors in orange-brown on a cream band with dark red borders edged in black. Sheaf-like motifs below in cream, orange-brown and black on white ground. Brown and dark red interior. Polished. Complete.


  • Type of Item bowl
  • Culture Nasca
  • Material clay, paint
  • Measurements height 7.2 cm, diameter 11.5 cm (overall)

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

  • Made in Nasca

  • Creation Date between 101 BCE and 800
  • Collection Date between 1950 and 1975
  • Ownership Date before January 15, 2013
  • Acquisition Date on January 15, 2013

  • Item Classes ceramics
  • Condition good
  • Accession Number 2990/0233