Bowl Item Number: 2990/857 a-e from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

Fragmented bowl with incurved sides and rounded base. Burnished surface. Broken; partially repaired. Part a) Fragment of one side. Incised band of one orange-brown abstract vencejo (bird) with double triangle head and rectangular body. Diagonal lines in wings and three incised line decoration with dots in one side of the ends at tail. Two vertical red-brown bands at the end of the tail, traces of red-brown paint at rim and cream residues. b) Fragment of one side. Incised band of one orange-brown abstract vencejo with double triangle head and rectangular body. Diagonal lines on wings and three incised line decoration with dots in one side of the ends at tail. Double triangle vencejo head at the other side of vertical red-brown bands.Traces of red-brown paint at rim and cream residues. Red-brown paint and cream residue. c) Fragment of base, no decoration. d) Fragment of one side. Incised band of a bird's triangular head and half of body; vertical orange-brown bands above. Traces of red-brown paint at rim and cream residue. e) Fragment of base with no decoration.