Bowl

Museum number:
4-4704
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Accession number:
Acc.81
Description:
Flaring bowl decorated with five panels each containing a tied sack of grain. Height 9.7 cm.; diameter 20.5 cm. Painted in five colors. The sacks alternate in orange, red, and purple each having a large white solid area in the center. The background is black, the bottom unslipped, and the interior red. Burnishing marks in a checkerboard design on the bottom of the interior suggest pattern burnishing. Some of the paint looks thick and lumpy.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Ocucaje Site F (Cerro Blanco), Ocucaje District, Ica Valley
Culture or time period:
Early Intermediate Period 3A, 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 Bowl, accession number 4-4704, described as Flaring bowl decorated with five panels each containing a tied sack of grain. Height 9.7 cm.; diameter 20.5 cm. Painted in five colors. The sacks alternate in orange, red, and purple each having a large white solid area in the center. The background is black, the bottom unslipped, and the interior red. Burnishing marks in a checkerboard design on the bottom of the interior suggest pattern burnishing. Some of the paint looks thick and lumpy.

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