Bowl

MOA: University of British Columbia

2990/235

Small polished bowl with rounded base and irregular body. Painted design of twenty-two cormorant chicks; black bodies with cream dots, light orange bills, orange-red feet. Reddish-brown ground, black rim and cream interior. Broken and repaired.


  • Type of Item bowl
  • Culture Nasca
  • Material adhesive, clay, paint
  • Measurements height 5.2 cm, width 10.2 cm, depth 11.2 cm (overall)

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

  • Made in Nasca

  • Creation Date between 400 and 500
  • Collection Date between 1950 and 1975
  • Ownership Date before January 15, 2013
  • Acquisition Date on January 15, 2013

  • Item Classes ceramics
  • Condition fair
  • Accession Number 2990/0235