Flaring bowl decorated with "S" shaped two headed snakes. Height 6.8 cm.; diameter 13.8 cm. Painted in seven colors. The snakes are dark orange" grey, light orange, and purple and all have white eyes. The background is black and there is no rim band. The interior and exterior bottom are dark red. Illustrated by Kroeber and Strong, 1924, Plate 27q.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Grave 12, Ocucaje Site F, Ica Valley
Verbatim coll. place:
Ocucaje, Site F: Grave 12
Culture or time period:
Early Intermediate Period 4, 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
Loans:
S1957-1960 [XXX Wellington]: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (1957–1960)