Vessel Item Number: 3111/8 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Polychrome vessel with thin spout, rounded base, lenticular body and everted rim. Two whale deity designs are painted in vessel body with proliferous heads and a trophy head hanging from their mouths. Inner red-brown rim has five white profile birds with black dots in the interior and white dots between them. Painted in cream, grey, red-brown, orange-brown, light yellow, dark grey and black. Molded manufacture; polished surface. Breakage repaired.
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 during 1947
- 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
- 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)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Ica, Peru
When
- Creation Date
- between 101 BCE and 800
- Collection Date
- during 1947
- Ownership Date
- before May 21, 2015
- Acquisition Date
- on May 21, 2015
Other
- Item Classes
- ceramics
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 3111/0008