Bowl, flaring

Museum number:
4-4646
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Accession number:
Acc.81
Description:
Small flaring bowl decorated with 8 lizards covering the entire exterior. Height 6.7 cm.; diameter 11. 7 cm. Painted in six colors. The lizards have alternating purple, orange, and brown bodies and heads. The feet are white and were applied last. There may be two shades of orange, but the difference is probably due to firing. Background is black. The rim band is purple and the entire interior is red. The exterior is much more finely polished than the interior. Illustrated by Kroeber and Strong, 1924, Plate 26b; Kroeber, 1956, Plate 31e; Uhle, 1913, Figure 12:5.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Grave 5, Ocucaje Site B, Ica Valley
Verbatim coll. place:
Grave 5
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
Loans:
S1945-1946 #3: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (dates unknown) and S1957-1960 [XXX Wellington]: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (1957–1960)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, flaring, accession number 4-4646, described as Small flaring bowl decorated with 8 lizards covering the entire exterior. Height 6.7 cm.; diameter 11. 7 cm. Painted in six colors. The lizards have alternating purple, orange, and brown bodies and heads. The feet are white and were applied last. There may be two shades of orange, but the difference is probably due to firing. Background is black. The rim band is purple and the entire interior is red. The exterior is much more finely polished than the interior. Illustrated by Kroeber and Strong, 1924, Plate 26b; Kroeber, 1956, Plate 31e; Uhle, 1913, Figure 12:5.

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