Bowl

MOA: University of British Columbia

2990/238

Modified hemispherical grey-brown molded bowl. Incised and geometrical painted design of a 4.3 cm band of eleven squares with diagonal step motifs. Design in orange, red and traces of cream residue. Large undecorated space. Burnished surface. Complete.


  • Type of Item bowl
  • Culture Paracas
  • Material clay, paint
  • Measurements height 8.1 cm, diameter 20.2 cm (overall)

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

  • Made in Teojate

  • Creation Date between 901 BCE and 201 BCE
  • 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 2990/0238