Jar
Item number 3111/3 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
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Description
Polychrome jar with slightly rounded base. Wide-mouthed, tall cylindrical body. Five painted horizontal bands: (1) fourteen stepped motif in grey and orange-brown paint near rim on cream ground; (2) ten circles in orange-brown and white paint on black ground; (3) triangular motif in orange-brown, light beige, red-brown, cream and grey; (4) ten circles in orange-brown and white paint on black ground; (5) six trophy heads with long black hair and orange-brown faces, divided by vertical orange-brown lines on cream ground. Polished 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 101 BCE and 800
- 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
- Name
- Jar
- Identification Number
- 3111/3
- Type of Item
- jar
- Material
- clay and paint
- Overall
- height 21.7 cm, diameter 10.2 cm
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Ica, Peru
Who
- Culture
- Nasca
- 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)
When
- Creation Date
- between 101 BCE and 800
- Collection Date
- before 1950
- Ownership Date
- before May 21, 2015
- Acquisition Date
- on May 21, 2015
Other
- Item Classes
- ceramics
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 3111/0003
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