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Start Over Object name Bowl Culture or time period Nazca culture (100 BC–800 AD)
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 16-6926, described as Pottery bowl; bell-shaped w/polychrome slip-painted design of mythical being who holds trophy head & whose body is covered w/darts; maroon band 4.5cm. (Over) Phase 4 of Dawson's polychrome series.
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 4-4705, described as Bowl-shaped pottery vessel painted with representation of the "pepper" fruit. Mended, chipped
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 4-4703, described as Flaring bowl decorated with geometric wavy lines. Height 5.7 cm.; diameter 12.5 cm. Painted in five colors. The wavy lines are in white, orange, and purple on a black ground. The rim band is purple. Both the interior and the exterior bottom are red. The vessel has been extensively damaged by spalling and flaking. An irregular line on the bottom may be a "ghost" from the firing process.
Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 4-4679, described as Flaring bowl decorated with ten beans. Height 6.8 cm.; diameter 13.1 cm. Painted in five colors. The parts of the beans alternate in purple and orange. Outlining is in black and the background is white. The rim band is purple and the interior and exterior bottom are red. There appears to be some sort of "ghost" outline inside the regular outline. A small bean is squeezed in to keep the alternation even. One small area has been repainted. Illustrated by Kroeber and Strong, 1924, Plate 26c.
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 4-4692, 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 4-4697, 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, accession number 4-4731, described as Incurving bowl painted in two colors. Height 7.6 cm.; diameter of mouth 10.3 cm.; maximum body diameter 13.1 cm. The exterior walls are a grey color, and a narrow red ring encircles the unslipped bottom. The interior is also unslipped. Two large cracks which appeared in the wall of the vessel before it was fired are crudely filled with clay which was left unpainted. This is analagous to the repainting and buckling of 4-4730.

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