Jar Item Number: 3060/17 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Figure jar. Vessel is slightly wider than deep, rounded with a flat bottom and two dark grey humps on the shoulder to either side of the neck. Neck is thin and tall, with a protruding and painted human face in dark red at front. Above is a headdress with a repeating bird’s head motif. Front and back of body hold raised details of snakes and bird-like creatures, along with painted decorations of chevrons, animal heads and plant life. The bottom third of vessel is painted dark brown, and otherwise undecorated.
Narrative
Collected by Mavis Balshaw while living near Paracas, Peru, c. 1968.
Item History
- Made in Peru between 600 and 1200
- Collected during 1968
- Owned by Mavis Balshaw
- Owned by Sheila Petrie before May 9, 2014
- Received from Sheila Petrie (Donor) on May 9, 2014
What
Who
- Culture
- Tiahuanaco and Pacheco ?
- Previous Owner
- Mavis Balshaw and Sheila Petrie
- Received from
- Sheila Petrie (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Peru
When
- Creation Date
- between 600 and 1200
- Collection Date
- during 1968
- Ownership Date
- before May 9, 2014
- Acquisition Date
- on May 9, 2014
Other
- Item Classes
- ceramics
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 3060/0017