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Object Number 990-6-30/11566
Display Title Bowl with polychrome slipped decoration
Descriptions
Object Description Bowl with polychrome slipped decoration. Trichrome: orange and brown on cream. Geometric motifs on outersede, floral + leaf mofits on inside.
Inventory Description Bowl, ceramic, polychrome, interior floral/ exterior geo. deco., rounded base
Classification
  • Bowl
Department Ethnographic
Date late 19th century
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru
Materials Ceramic
Dimensions Overall: 8.3 x 16.3 x 16.3 cm (3 1/4 x 6 7/16 x 6 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 990-6-30/11566
Provenance
Collector Eliza Thurston Butts (ca. 1890)
Donor Ellen Frothingham Dunnell (June 12. 1990)

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