Flaring bowl

Museum number:
4-4714
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Accession number:
Acc.81
Description:
Flaring bowl decorated with four birds (parrot and eagle figures). Height 8.9 cm.; diameter 18.9 cm. Painted in five colors. The birds are painted on a white background which is stained and flaked in places. The major part of the bird's bodies are black. The pouches are orange and the crests of the heads and necks are purple (as is the rim band). The interior and the exterior bottom are red. The vessel was cracked in antiquity and mended by tieing through one pair of holes. Illustrated by Kroeber and Strong, 1924, Plate 27p.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Grave 7, Ocucaje Site F, Ica Valley
Verbatim coll. place:
Ocucaje, Site F: Grave 7
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 Flaring bowl, accession number 4-4714, described as Flaring bowl decorated with four birds (parrot and eagle figures). Height 8.9 cm.; diameter 18.9 cm. Painted in five colors. The birds are painted on a white background which is stained and flaked in places. The major part of the bird's bodies are black. The pouches are orange and the crests of the heads and necks are purple (as is the rim band). The interior and the exterior bottom are red. The vessel was cracked in antiquity and mended by tieing through one pair of holes. Illustrated by Kroeber and Strong, 1924, Plate 27p.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Flaring bowl, accession number 4-4714, described as Flaring bowl decorated with four birds (parrot and eagle figures). Height 8.9 cm.; diameter 18.9 cm. Painted in five colors. The birds are painted on a white background which is stained and flaked in places. The major part of the bird's bodies are black. The pouches are orange and the crests of the heads and necks are purple (as is the rim band). The interior and the exterior bottom are red. The vessel was cracked in antiquity and mended by tieing through one pair of holes. Illustrated by Kroeber and Strong, 1924, Plate 27p.

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