Bowl

MOA: University of British Columbia

2990/517

Tripod molded bowl with flaring sides and burnished surface. Two profile hawk heads--one in dark grey, the other in light brown, with abstract wing elements and circular symbols separated by two chevron bands in orange-brown, red-brown, cream, white and black on terracotta background. Cream slipped base with three short legs, red-brown interior, and black, grey, white, and cream flat rim. Complete.


  • Type of Item bowl
  • Culture Wari
  • Material clay, paint
  • Measurements height 8.8 cm, diameter 12.9 cm (overall)

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

  • Made in Ocucaje

  • Creation Date between 800 and 1200
  • 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 2990/0517