Bowl

MOA: University of British Columbia

2990/463

Wide flaring polychrome bowl with orange-brown interior and rounded base and rim. Quartered black and white body, with two long-necked birds on white background. Birds are red-brown, yellow-brown and black. Broken and repaired.


  • Type of Item bowl
  • Culture Nasca
  • Material clay, paint, adhesive
  • Measurements height 7.4 cm, diameter 16.6 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 fair
  • Accession Number 2990/0463