Flaring bowl decorated with three garza birds. Height 8.7 cm.; diameter 13.3 cm. Painted in four colors. The birds are white (badly faded in spots) with red beaks and eyes and have a brown background. The rim band and bottom are purple. The interior is red. Very fine burnishing lines are evident on the exterior. Illustrated by Kroeber and Strong, 1924, Plate 26a; and Proulx, 1968, Plate l6a.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Grave 11b, Ocucaje Site F, Ica Valley
Verbatim coll. place:
Ocucaje, Site F: Grave 11
Culture or time period:
Early Intermediate Period 3C, ancient Peru and Nazca culture (100 BC–800 AD)
Collector:
Max Uhle
Materials:
Ceramic (material)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Bowls (vessels)
Accession date:
July 24, 1903
Department:
Ancient Peru
Loans:
S1945-1946 #3: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (dates unknown) and S1957-1960 [XXX Wellington]: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (1957–1960)