Disk Item Number: 3060/20 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Small burnished clay disk with a slightly rounded bottom. Dish is round and shallow, and may have been used as a cap for a skull. Interior is painted a dark brown, as is the outside rim, with exterior body and base a light brown with areas of red-brown. No further decoration.
Narrative
Collected by Mavis Balshaw while living near Paracas, Peru, c. 1968.
Item History
- Made in Ica, Peru ? between 901 BCE and 101 BCE
- Owned by Mavis Balshaw
- Owned by Sheila Petrie before May 9, 2014
- Received from Sheila Petrie (Donor) on May 9, 2014
What
Who
- Culture
- Paracas ?
- Previous Owner
- Mavis Balshaw and Sheila Petrie
- Received from
- Sheila Petrie (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Ica, Peru ?
When
- Creation Date
- between 901 BCE and 101 BCE
- Ownership Date
- before May 9, 2014
- Acquisition Date
- on May 9, 2014
Other
- Item Classes
- ceramics
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 3060/0020