Bowl

MOA: University of British Columbia

2990/521

Small bowl with hemispherical base and polished surface. Red-brown interior and orange-brown base. Cream sides with alternating red-brown and black crescent designs in horizontal position and separated by thin diagonal black lines. Complete.


  • Type of Item bowl
  • Culture Nasca
  • Material clay, paint
  • Measurements height 4.3 cm, diameter 10.5 cm (overall)

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

  • Made in Ica

  • 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 2990/0521