Bowl Item Number: 2990/184 a-b from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

Interior decorated, molded bowl. Design of a painted otter-being, holding a cucumber in its paws on red-brown, white, black and gray. Serrated signifier on black. Red sides and rim in black paint. Burnished surface. Part b is a piece of the bowl rim, in red-brown paint. Broken and partially repaired.

History Of Use

Probably ceremonial.

Item History

What

Name
Bowl
Identification Number
2990/184 a-b
Type of Item
bowl
Material
clay, paint and adhesive
Overall
height 9.0 cm, width 24.7 cm, depth 22.9 cm

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
Nasca, 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
poor
Accession Number
2990/0184 a-b