Cup

MOA: University of British Columbia

2990/472

Polychrome cup with flared rim and a somewhat flat base. Painted band of cross-hatched squares in checker-board pattern of black on cream except for one extra diagonal of three squares that are cross-hatched in orange-brown. Red-brown band at rim and orange-brown base. Polished surface. Complete.


  • Type of Item cup
  • Culture Nasca
  • Material clay, paint
  • Measurements height 7.9 cm, diameter 9.9 cm (overall)

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

  • Made in Nasca

  • Creation Date between 400 and 500
  • 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 2990/0472