Bowl Item Number: 2990/46 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Modified hemispherical bowl, terracotta with carbon charged grey and black interior, and interior burnished line decoration. The decoration consists of four concentric circles with four radiating triple line whisker motifs, the outer lines of which spiral at the ends 2.5 cm below the rim. There is also a border of fourteen reverse spirals around the interior rim, just below the lip. There is a small area extending inward from a section of the lip where the carbon charged colouring is absent and the terracotta shows through. There are six small chips around the lip, on the interior edge. The exterior of the bowl is not as dark as the interior, and a large area of the terracotta is visible on one side.
Narrative
This bowl shows the influence of the technologies of the "Paracas Necropolis" culture of the Pisco Valley and of Cahuachi in the Rio Grande de Nasca Valley in the final phase of the Late Paracas. This merging of traditions resulted in the development of the Nasca ceramic style. It is a typical Necropolis type.
Item History
- Made in Ocucaje, Ica, Peru between 201 BCE and 101 BCE
- Collected between 1950 and 1975
- Owned by Alan R. Sawyer
- Owned by Erika H. Sawyer before January 15, 2013
- Received from Erika H. Sawyer (Donor) on January 15, 2013
What
Who
- Culture
- Paracas
- Previous Owner
- Alan R. Sawyer and Erika H. Sawyer
- Received from
- Erika H. Sawyer (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Ocucaje, Ica, Peru
When
- Creation Date
- between 201 BCE and 101 BCE
- Collection Date
- between 1950 and 1975
- Ownership Date
- before January 15, 2013
- Acquisition Date
- on January 15, 2013
Other
- Item Classes
- ceramics
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 2990/0046