Disk

About this object

Narrative

Collected by Mavis Balshaw while living near Paracas, Peru, c. 1968.

Physical description

Small burnished clay disk with a slightly rounded bottom. Dish is round and shallow, and may have been used as a cap for a skull. Interior is painted a dark brown, as is the outside rim, with exterior body and base a light brown with areas of red-brown. No further decoration.