Flaring bowl decorated with vertical bands. Height 8.4 cm.; diameter 14.7 cm. Painted in seven colors. The stripes alternate white-orange-white-dark orange. At one point a single violet stripe is added to keep the sequence constant. The background is black and the rim band, which was applied before the stripes, is purple. The bottom and the interior are red. The stripes were burnished vertically.
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)