Dish

Museum number:
4-4719
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Accession number:
Acc.81
Description:
Dish painted with a large fish. Height 7.2 cm.; diameter 19.7 cm. Painted in five colors. The interior and exterior walls are red; the fish has a black head and upper portion, a purple median line, and a red bottom section--al1 on a white ground. The design area is in very poor condition and a large portion of the bowl is missing.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Grave 8, Ocucaje Site F, Ica Valley
Verbatim coll. place:
Ocucaje, Site F: Grave 8
Culture or time period:
Early Intermediate Period 3C, ancient Peru and Nazca culture (100 BC–800 AD)
Collector:
Max Uhle
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Dishes (vessels for food)
Accession date:
July 24, 1903
Department:
Ancient Peru
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Dish, accession number 4-4719, described as Dish painted with a large fish. Height 7.2 cm.; diameter 19.7 cm. Painted in five colors. The interior and exterior walls are red; the fish has a black head and upper portion, a purple median line, and a red bottom section--al1 on a white ground. The design area is in very poor condition and a large portion of the bowl is missing.

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