Bowl

MOA: University of British Columbia

2990/577

Polished and molded polychrome bowl with flaring sides and flat base. Painted decoration of five long-neck cream-coloured birds with orange-brown beaks, eyes and feet on black background. Interior surface and outer base are red-brown. Complete.


  • Type of Item bowl
  • Culture Nasca
  • Material clay, paint
  • Measurements height 7.2 cm, diameter 15.4 cm (overall)

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

  • Made in Ica

  • Creation Date between 101 BCE and 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 2990/0577