Jar Item Number: 2990/478 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Polychrome effigy jar with burnished surface and mold-modeled manufacture. Seated figure wearing a light brown fox skin with dotted paws, necklace with squares in grey, orange-brown and cream, and dark red-brown arms and legs. Face has three diagonal black lines on both cheeks. Orange-brown body with black and cream accents. Breakage restored.
Narrative
Such figures were involved in harvest festival rituals.
Item History
- Made in Ica, Peru between 101 BCE and 400
- 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
- Nasca
- 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
- Ica, Peru
When
- Creation Date
- between 101 BCE and 400
- Collection Date
- between 1950 and 1975
- Ownership Date
- before January 15, 2013
- Acquisition Date
- on January 15, 2013
Other
- Item Classes
- ceramics
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 2990/0478