Bowl

Museum number:
4-4636
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.81
Description:
Small flaring bowl decorated with five multicolored birds. Height 6.7 cm.; diameter 11.1 cm. Painted in 9 colors. Four of the birds appear to be the same type and have white bodies and purple beaks. The rest of the body parts vary in color from bird to bird including orange, flesh, violet, brown, and cream. The fifth bird is white with red spots, grey wing, brown beak, and orange feet. The background is black, rim band purple, and interior red. The exterior bottom is also red. The paint on the lower ⅓ of the vessel has been badly damaged, especially the white. Illustrated by Kroeber and Strong, 1924, Plate 27k.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Grave 4, Ocucaje Site B, Ica Valley
Verbatim coll. place:
Grave 4
Culture or time period:
Early Intermediate Period 3D, 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, accession number 4-4636, described as Small flaring bowl decorated with five multicolored birds. Height 6.7 cm.; diameter 11.1 cm. Painted in 9 colors. Four of the birds appear to be the same type and have white bodies and purple beaks. The rest of the body parts vary in color from bird to bird including orange, flesh, violet, brown, and cream. The fifth bird is white with red spots, grey wing, brown beak, and orange feet. The background is black, rim band purple, and interior red. The exterior bottom is also red. The paint on the lower ⅓ of the vessel has been badly damaged, especially the white. Illustrated by Kroeber and Strong, 1924, Plate 27k.

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