Vessel Item Number: 3111/2 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Vessel with globular body, rounded base and short spout with slightly everted rim. Painted and geometrical-incised decoration near rim of a human face with nose and ears in relief, rectangular eyes with horizontal lines inside as pupils, short vertical lines below nose as mouth and long-thin hands to front; incised dots in ears and nose. Red and yellow-white paint. Burnished surface; molded manufacture.
Narrative
Rosita Tovell's father was a collector of Peruvian pre-Columbian ceramics. Rosita moved to Peru in the early 1960s, while her husband served as ambassador to Peru and Bolivia. During this time Rosita began to study and collect pre-Columbian Peruvian ceramics and textiles.
Item History
- Made in Ica, Peru between 901 BCE and 201 BCE
- Collected before 1950
- Owned by Rosita LeSueur Tovell
- Owned by Susan Moogk, Patricia Skahan, Peter H.M. Tovell and Rosemarie L. Tovell before May 21, 2015
- Received from Susan Moogk (Donor), Rosemarie L. Tovell (Donor), Peter H.M. Tovell (Donor) and Patricia Skahan (Donor) on May 21, 2015
What
Who
- Culture
- Paracas
- Previous Owner
- Rosita LeSueur Tovell, Susan Moogk, Patricia Skahan, Peter H.M. Tovell and Rosemarie L. Tovell
- Received from
- Susan Moogk (Donor), Rosemarie L. Tovell (Donor), Peter H.M. Tovell (Donor) and Patricia Skahan (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Ica, Peru
When
- Creation Date
- between 901 BCE and 201 BCE
- Collection Date
- before 1950
- Ownership Date
- before May 21, 2015
- Acquisition Date
- on May 21, 2015
Other
- Item Classes
- ceramics
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 3111/0002