Cup bowl

Museum number:
4-4775
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Accession number:
Acc.81
Description:
Cup bowl with painted design of two Anthropomorphic Mythical Beings. Height 10.5 cm.; diameter 14.9 cm. Painted in seven colors. The ground color on the exterior is black, carelessly applied so that there are spots of it on the bottom as well as solid color on the side walls; the interior is red. The face of the principal figures are purple, the forehead and mouth ornaments orange, the breech-cloth brown, and other details grey and white. The vessel was cracked in antiquity and mended by tying through one pair of drilled holes. Illustrated by Kroeber and Strong, 1924, Plate 27m, and Proulx, 1968, Plate 3b.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Grave 21, Ocucaje Site F, Ica Valley
Verbatim coll. place:
Ocucaje, Site F: Grave 21
Culture or time period:
Early Intermediate Period 4, ancient Peru
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 Cup bowl, accession number 4-4775, described as Cup bowl with painted design of two Anthropomorphic Mythical Beings. Height 10.5 cm.; diameter 14.9 cm. Painted in seven colors. The ground color on the exterior is black, carelessly applied so that there are spots of it on the bottom as well as solid color on the side walls; the interior is red. The face of the principal figures are purple, the forehead and mouth ornaments orange, the breech-cloth brown, and other details grey and white. The vessel was cracked in antiquity and mended by tying through one pair of drilled holes. Illustrated by Kroeber and Strong, 1924, Plate 27m, and Proulx, 1968, Plate 3b.

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