Bulbous vase decorated with a snake like design. Height 12.8 cm.; diameter 13.3 cm. Painted in three colors. The outlined design in black is on a white ground. There is a black band below the design area. The bottom is red as is the rim band. On the interior wa1l there is a red band extending 1.7 cm. down from the rim. The rest of the interior is unslipped having a rather rough appearance. There are smudges of red paint on the exterior probably from the painters fingers.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Grave 11b, Ocucaje Site F, Ica Valley
Verbatim coll. place:
Ocucaje, Site F: Grave 11
Culture or time period:
Early Intermediate Period 3C, ancient Peru and Nazca culture (100 BC–800 AD)
Collector:
Max Uhle
Materials:
Ceramic (material)
Object type:
archaeology
Accession date:
July 24, 1903
Department:
Ancient Peru
Loans:
S1957-1960 [XXX Wellington]: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (1957–1960)