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Jar50.164

Gift of Mrs. Henry C. Myers. Collected: Dr. Henry C. Myers

Culture
Pueblo
Material
clay
Made in
USA
Holding Institution
Portland Art Museum
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Jar3111/16

Vase like jar with flat base, globular body and long spout. Spout has slightly everted sides at top, below thick rim. Four low panels with dots and pelicans in relief (two without wings). Molded manufacture; polished surface. Well preserved.

Culture
Chimu
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Jar3111/15

Large jar with ovoid form, long-tubular spout with bird head design, globular rim, side handle in vertical position and small wings, feet, beak and tail in relief. Back of body is black; front has cream slip. Two black circles with dots in the interior as eyes. Cream band near rim (above black forehead). Molded and hand built ceramic. Slightly broken.

Culture
Chancay
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Lima, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Jar3111/3

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.

Culture
Nasca
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Ica, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Jar3103/20

Large, heavy jar. Wide open mouth narrows at neck, then flares in middle before tapering to small flat circular base. Black patterns painted over yellow background, forming rounded squares and triangles. Darts with leaf shaped ovals run around the neck of pot. Base and inside of pot are red clay. Unglazed.

Culture
Southwest
Material
clay and paint
Made in
New Mexico, USA and Arizona, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Jar3099/19 a-b

Oval shaped pale green stoneware covered jar with flat base, straight rounded walls, and interior flange to hold lid. Lid is slightly raised at centre and has a flat arched handle with two small holes made to represent two tunnels. The colour is darker at the bottom of the jar and lid. Maker's marks stamped on side near base.

Culture
Canadian
Material
clay and glaze
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Jar2990/833

Jar with ovoid body, one side handle, an applied feline design on the other side and black geometrical decoration on cream ground in body. One side has a band of triangular motifs with a dotted circle in the middle and below there are 23 bird stamp faces in a semilunar design. Other side has a band of geometrical waves motifs and 18 bird stamp faces in the interior of a similar semilunar design. Molded manufacture. Breakage not restored.

Culture
Chancay
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Lima, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Jar2990/832

Jar with flattened sides and partially burnished surface. Face design in globular spout with reed stamp eyes, one horizontal incision as mouth and applied ears with seven reed stamp circles on each. Applied hands to front with reed stamp nails. Molded ceramic. Breakage not restored.

Culture
Chancay ?
Material
clay
Made in
Lima, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Jar2990/615

Small jar with three-dimensional face applied to one side, straight spout, flaring rim and slightly flat base. Terracotta with orange-brown slip, cream paint and fugitive black. Human head with twisted braid in cream and fugitive black paint, face shows teeth and elongated eyes. Bands of geometrical design and fugitive decoration on face and body. Fugitive black band decoration on rim and four horizontal lines in lower spout. Broken and restored.

Culture
Lambayeque
Material
clay, adhesive and paint
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Jar2990/390

Lenticular collar jar with two small false handles at sides, small hole in base, polished surface and polychrome slip. Painted decoration of two whiskered warrior deities with club to left and darts to right. Red-brown, orange-brown, orange-red, grey and cream on black background. Unbroken.

Culture
Nasca
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Nasca, Ica, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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