Pot Item Number: 3060/23 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Small terracotta pot. Round vessel has a slightly rounded bottom, a wide hip that inclines to the neck, and a widely flared rim. Body of pot is decorated with a dense diamond shape motif at centre in colours of rust, tan and dark brown, surrounded on top and bottom by encircling lines of a brown key motif over a tan base colour. Rim is decorated in checks. Bottom of pot is undecorated. Interior has an encircling line at neck, but is otherwise undecorated.
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
- good
- Accession Number
- 3060/0023