Bowl Item Number: 2990/467 from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

Red-brown terracotta bowl with flaring sides and rounded base. Incised band of five anthropomorphic deity faces with punched nostrils, triple cheek horizontal bands, toothless mouth, two reed stamp circles at each side of face and curved lines defining the inner side of arms. Traces of orange-red and white paint. Guilloche designs forming cross are painted in orange-red and red-brown, on the red-brown slipped interior. Burnished surface. Breakage repaired.