Bowl

Museum number:
4-4700
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Accession number:
Acc.81
Description:
Flaring bowl decorated with 9 panels containing concentric circles. Height 8.0 cm.; diameter 18.7 cm. The outer circle and center dot are in white and the inner circles alternate in purple and orange. The background is black, the rim band purple, and the remainder of the vessel including the interior red. An irregular dark red band on the bottom appears to be the effect of "ghost firing.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Grave 4, Ocucaje Site F, Ica Valley
Verbatim coll. place:
Ocucaje, Site F: Grave 4
Culture or time period:
Early Intermediate Period 3B, 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
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 4-4700, described as Flaring bowl decorated with 9 panels containing concentric circles. Height 8.0 cm.; diameter 18.7 cm. The outer circle and center dot are in white and the inner circles alternate in purple and orange. The background is black, the rim band purple, and the remainder of the vessel including the interior red. An irregular dark red band on the bottom appears to be the effect of "ghost firing.

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