Dish
About this object
Narrative
Collected by Mavis Balshaw while living near Paracas, Peru, c. 1968.
Physical description
Terracotta dish. Round high sided dish has a deep, rounded base and flares widely at rim. The outside is burnished and painted a light tan at bottom. At midpoint is an encircling motif of faces with large, wide eyes, a small mouth and a straight lock of hair to each side of the face. Above, the pot has two colour blocks of dark orange interspersed with two blocks of tan containing a decorative linear motif in dark brown and orange. The interior is undecorated.
Date Made
Paracas ? (900 B.C.E.-100 B.C.E. ?)
Date Acquired
9 May 2014
How Acquired
Donated
Credit Line
Measurements
Overall: 11.5 cm x 22.5 cm
Object Number
3060/16