Bowl

MOA: University of British Columbia

2990/307

Polished bowl with a slightly rounded base and black rim. Dark red-brown base and interior. Painted decoration of a "U" shaped fish in alternating orange-brown and dark red­brown, with white paint separated by vertical white lines, on black background. Molded manufacture. Complete.


  • Type of Item bowl
  • Culture Nasca
  • Material clay, paint
  • Measurements height 8.1 cm, diameter 17.0 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 2990/0307