Dish

Museum number:
4-4740
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Accession number:
Acc.81
Description:
Dish decorated with one large curled fish. Height 8.8 cm.; diameter 23.7 cm. Painted in 6 colors. The background color is white on which is painted a black fish (in the upper portion) having a white lower portion separated by a purple median line. Orange stippling is used as a filler. The interior and exterior walls are dark red. The exterior bottom is light red. The design area is badly flaked. This vessel is a pair to 4-4741. Blotchy areas on the interior walls are striking and they are believed to be due to a chemical reaction which occurred during firing.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Grave 11b, Ocucaje Site F, Ica Valley
Verbatim coll. place:
Ocucaje, Site F: Grave 11
Culture or time period:
Early Intermediate Period 3C, ancient Peru and Nazca culture (100 BC–800 AD)
Collector:
Max Uhle
Materials:
Ceramic (material)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Dishes (vessels for food)
Accession date:
July 24, 1903
Department:
Ancient Peru
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Dish, accession number 4-4740, described as Dish decorated with one large curled fish. Height 8.8 cm.; diameter 23.7 cm. Painted in 6 colors. The background color is white on which is painted a black fish (in the upper portion) having a white lower portion separated by a purple median line. Orange stippling is used as a filler. The interior and exterior walls are dark red. The exterior bottom is light red. The design area is badly flaked. This vessel is a pair to 4-4741. Blotchy areas on the interior walls are striking and they are believed to be due to a chemical reaction which occurred during firing.

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