Bowl

MOA: University of British Columbia

2990/575

Bowl with decorated interior, flaring sides, black rounded rim, rounded base and polished surface. Seven painted lizards with cream bodies, red dots, and eyes and snouts outlined in black. Seven cream lozenge shapes on red-brown background below. Outer surface has light orange-brown slip. Hand-built ceramic. Broken and repaired.


  • Type of Item bowl
  • Culture Nasca
  • Material clay, paint
  • Measurements height 7.4 cm, diameter 18.4 cm (overall)

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

  • Made in Ica

  • Creation Date between 101 BCE and 400
  • 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 2990/0575