Bowl

MOA: University of British Columbia

2990/602

Polychrome bowl with slightly flaring rim and rounded base. Otter signifier motif with orange-red face has a serrated black edge body and a central black dotted orange band, red-brown ground. Highly polished surface; mold manufacture. Complete.


  • Type of Item bowl
  • Culture Nasca
  • Material clay, paint
  • Measurements height 9.1 cm, diameter 16.9 cm (overall)

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

  • Made in Ocucaje

  • 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 good
  • Accession Number 2990/0602