Bowl

MOA: University of British Columbia

2990/368

Flaring straight-sided polished bowl with flat base and polychrome slip. Painted design of a llama head on white, black and red-brown rim with two small holes to its left. Square incised design in the interior. Motif of two winged anthropomorphic felines with orange-brown and grey faces divided by two chevron bands and circular designs on black and white and grey and white. Broken, but restored.


  • Type of Item bowl
  • Culture Wari
  • Material clay, paint
  • Measurements height 9.5 cm, diameter 13.6 cm (overall)

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

  • Made in La Libertad

  • 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 fair
  • Accession Number 2990/0368