Pot Item Number: 3060/25 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Terracotta pot, repaired. Pot is round with a curved base. Body is wide at the midpoint, narrowing toward the neck and flaring outward at the rim. Midpoint is decorated with two black encircling lines, above which is painted black arrow motifs interspersed by squares decorated with lines of white. The outer rim has been painted with narrow vertical lines of rust and black, and the inner with large triangles alternating with groups of black and white lines. The pot has been smashed and glued back together, with several missing pieces.
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
- poor
- Accession Number
- 3060/0025