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Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Bottle, accession number 4-4691, described as Double spout bottle painted with two humming birds with their beaks in flowers. Height 17.3 cm.; diameter (maximum) 13.7 cm. Painted in five colors. The body of the vessel except the bottom is painted white. The spouts are black with a crackled finish. The birds are outlined in black and have black feathers; upper body parts and tail feathers, are grey, and pouches are orange. The lower part of the bodies are red. The spouts are quite lumpy, and the walls are thick and heavy. The spouts are joined to the body with a distinct ridge. There are fire clouds on the bottom. Illustrated by Kroeber and Strong, 1924, Plate 25e; and Uhle, 1903, p. 780.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 4-4491, described as Small round bottom bowl decorated with a triangular design. Height 4.8 cm.; diameter 10.9 cm. Painted in six colors. The triangular areas are orange, black and purple and grey on a black ground. They are outlined in white applied after the other colors. The rim band is purple, the interior dark red, and the bottom is unslipped. The design is very carelessly executed and the vessel poorly burnished, especially the bottom. Illustrated by Kroeber, 1956, Figure 7a, p. 383
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 4-4695, described as Flaring bowl decorated with multi,colored doughnut-shaped elements Which also cover the bottom. Height 4.6 cm.;.diameter 11.6 cm. Painted in 5 colors. the doughnut elements are dark red, purple, grey and white on a black background. The rim band is purple and the interior dark red. Illustrated by Kroeber, 1956, Plate 33a.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 4-4692, described as Flaring bowl decorated with three garza birds. Height 6.1 cm.; diameter 15.2 cm. Painted in five colors. The background is black on which are painted un-outlined white birds having dark red beaks and eyes. The white paint appears thicker than the others and may represent two coats. The rim band is purple and the bottom red. The interior is a solid dark red.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 4-4700, described as Flaring bowl decorated with 9 panels containing concentric circles. Height 8.0 cm.; diameter 18.7 cm. The outer circle and center dot are in white and the inner circles alternate in purple and orange. The background is black, the rim band purple, and the remainder of the vessel including the interior red. An irregular dark red band on the bottom appears to be the effect of "ghost firing.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 4-4698, described as Flaring bowl decorated with a series of ten units of concentric squares. Height 8.2 cm.; diameter 19.8 cm. Painted in four colors. The squares are painted in black on a white ground. The decoration covers only 2/3 of the exterior wall. The rim hand is purple. The remainder of the exterior as well as the entire interior is red. Illustrated by Kroeber and Strong, 1924, Plate 27u.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 4-4697, described as Flaring bowl decorated with four birds. Height 7.7 cm.; diameter 18.9 cm. Painted in six colors. The birds have grey heads, wings and tail feathers, orange pouches and wing segments, black feathers, and purple beaks and lower bodies--allon a white ground. The rim band is black, the interior dark red. The surface is pitted in many places due to mica in the paste. There is a piece missing from the bottom.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, flaring, accession number 4-4490, described as Flaring bowl decorated with a circular design with hooked rays protruding from it. Height 5.2 cm.; diameter 13.2 cm. Painted in four colors. The outer circle is white; the inner circles alternate dark red and purple. Background is black, rim band purple, and interior dark red. A purple band encircles the unslipped bottom. The pigments are in poor condition. A lumpy area can be felt on the bottom. Illustrated by Kroeber and Strong, 1924, Plate 29c.
Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, ocucaje (paracas), accession number 4-4493, described as Ocucaje (Paracas) style negative painted bowl, with implications noted above. Height 6.l cm.; diameter 14.1 cm. Masked design area is in red. The exterior is decorated with vertical lines which extend over the rim and partway into the interior. The remainder of the interior is decorated with spots. A large portion of the interior has been obliterated. Illustrated by Kroeber and Strong, 1924, Plate 29f.
Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, ocucaje (paracas), accession number 4-4494, described as Ocucaje (Paracas) style negative painted bowl with implications noted above. Height 4.7 cm.; diameter 12.5 cm. The interior is decorated with vertical lines in red. A red slip rim band is present on both the interior and exterior. Illustrated by Kroeber, 1956, Figure 5a, p. 371. Mended

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