Bowl
About this object
Iconographic meaning
Vencejos are birds in the Andes that are similar to swallows.
Physical description
Modified hemispherical grey-brown, burnished bowl with incised decoration of a double rim band and three abstract vencejos (bird) motifs. Approximately a 10 cm. gap between zoomorphic designs, traces of red on birds' beak and rim.
Date Made
900 B.C.E.-200 B.C.E.
Date Acquired
15 Jan 2013
How Acquired
Donated
Credit Line
Erika and Alan R Sawyer Collection of Pre-Columbian ArtMore...
Measurements
Overall: 7.9 cm x 20.4 cm
Object Number
2990/126