Bowl
Physical description
Wide flaring gambrel brown-red slipped bowl with rounded base. Terracotta with fire clouding and interior base decorated with incised with feline figure, the head oriented at right angle to body. Three double and eleven single reed stamp pelt marks. The field surrounding figure and interior sides are painted without incision with rows of dots, three guilloche and six hooked radial bands. Well preserved red and white paint, traces of yellow paint in rim. Double band on exterior rim with six "figure 8" motifs painted below. Broken and repaired.
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: 6.6 cm x 20.5 cm
Object Number
2990/158