Bowl

Item number 2990/49 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.

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Description

Large flaring grey-brownware bowl with band of incised and painted band of decoration around two-thirds of the exterior rim. Within the band there are five abstract bird figures consisting of a triangular head flanked by projecting wing shoulders, which extend beside the central body and taper at their ends. the head and shoulders are painted red, and there are traces of a pale orange paint around the figures. In the wide inter-space between the ends of the decorative band there are painted red and beige dots without incision. The bowl has been completely broken and reconstructed, and some areas have been in-filled.

Iconographic Meaning

The five abstract bird figures are "vencejos", or swifts.

Narrative

During the Middle Paracas Period (Dawson’s phase 9) the Teojate style had shown little influence of the Trophy Head Cult that dominated the culture of Ocucaje. In Late Paracas (Phase 10) Teojate conservatism continued but the style became increasingly abstract and curvilinear in response to trends at Ocucaje that were to lead to the emergence of the Nazca style.