Bowl Item Number: 2990/54 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Rounded gambrel brownware bowl with red slip interior and rim decoration. There are three incised panels of abstract feline heads facing right on a field of horizontal lines dotted on alternating left & right ends. In between each of these is a panel of horizontal lines, making five incised panels. There is red paint and remnants of cream-coloured paint on the sections of the decoration. There are faded negative painted dots in the 9 cm gap between the incised panels. The bowl has been completely broken and reconstructed, and some small areas have been in-filled between joins or where small pieces are missing.
Narrative
The abstract feline head incised motif is rarely found.
Item History
- Made in Teojate, Ica, Peru between 601 BCE and 401 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
- Teojate, Ica, Peru
When
- Creation Date
- between 601 BCE and 401 BCE
- Collection Date
- between 1950 and 1975
- Ownership Date
- before January 15, 2013
- Acquisition Date
- on January 15, 2013
Other
- Item Classes
- ceramics
- Condition
- poor
- Accession Number
- 2990/0054