Bowl

Museum number:
4-4631
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Accession number:
Acc.81
Description:
Deep bottom bowl decorated with beet-shaped fruits having long white stems. Height 11.0 cm.; diameter 20.8 cm. (estimate). Painted in five colors. The fruits are painted in two colors, half orange and half purple; stems are white and background black. The design only covers two thirds of the wall, and the remainder of the vessel including the interior is dark red. This vessel is in very fragmentary condition and the paste very crumbly. Much of the paint is flaking off. Mended, incomplete.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Grave 3, Ocucaje Site B, Ica Valley
Verbatim coll. place:
Grave 3
Culture or time period:
Early Intermediate Period 3C, ancient Peru
Collector:
Max Uhle
Materials:
Ceramic (material)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Bowls (vessels)
Accession date:
July 24, 1903
Department:
Ancient Peru
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 4-4631, described as Deep bottom bowl decorated with beet-shaped fruits having long white stems. Height 11.0 cm.; diameter 20.8 cm. (estimate). Painted in five colors. The fruits are painted in two colors, half orange and half purple; stems are white and background black. The design only covers two thirds of the wall, and the remainder of the vessel including the interior is dark red. This vessel is in very fragmentary condition and the paste very crumbly. Much of the paint is flaking off. Mended, incomplete.

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