Bowl

MOA: University of British Columbia

2990/493

Hemispherical grey-brown bowl with flaring sides and rounded rim. Inner surface incised with parallel lines in quarters forming a chevron pattern, at juncture enclosed by double lines. Well-burnished inner rim. Broken and repaired.


  • Type of Item bowl
  • Culture Paracas
  • Material clay, adhesive
  • Measurements height 6.3 cm, diameter 19.3 cm (overall)

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

  • Made in Teojate

  • Creation Date between 901 BCE and 201 BCE
  • Collection Date between 1950 and 1975
  • Ownership Date before January 15, 2013
  • Acquisition Date on January 15, 2013

  • Item Classes ceramics
  • Condition poor
  • Accession Number 2990/0493