Bowl

MOA: University of British Columbia

2990/495

Polychrome bowl with straight sides, rounded base and polished surface. Outer surface has vertical fish designs in cream, grey and black with cream vertical lines in between. Dark red-brown background with orange band below black rim, red-brown interior, and grey-brown base. Broken and repaired.


  • Type of Item bowl
  • Culture Nasca
  • Material clay, adhesive, paint
  • Measurements height 6.5 cm, diameter 12.4 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 2990/0495