Bowl

Museum number:
4-4783
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.81
Description:
Flaring bowl decorated with 11 beans. Height 7.7 c.; diameter 14.8 cm. Painted in six colors. The parts of the beans vary in color with no set alternation in purple, orange, violet and white on a red background. The rim band and bottom are black. The interior is red. The surface of this vessel is badly deteriorated. The white paint has flaked off in many places leaving the background color showing through. The other colors are more stable. The vessel was repaired by tying through three pair of mend holes.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Grave 23, Ocucaje Site F, Ica Valley
Verbatim coll. place:
Ocucaje, Site F: Grave 23
Culture or time period:
Early Intermediate Period 3A, 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 Bowl, accession number 4-4783, described as Flaring bowl decorated with 11 beans. Height 7.7 c.; diameter 14.8 cm. Painted in six colors. The parts of the beans vary in color with no set alternation in purple, orange, violet and white on a red background. The rim band and bottom are black. The interior is red. The surface of this vessel is badly deteriorated. The white paint has flaked off in many places leaving the background color showing through. The other colors are more stable. The vessel was repaired by tying through three pair of mend holes.

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