Accession No
1946.309 B
Description
Varnished ceramic bowl with a buff slip and tapered pedestal base. Decorated on the interior with images of aeroplanes, men, trees, birds and repeated pattern, and inscribed with the word 'POWDERED'. Exterior is decorated with repeated patterns of squares, zigzags and lines.
Place
Americas; South America; Ecuador; Montana region; Province of Oriente; Tena Region
Period
Source
Tidmarsh, Wilfred G. (Dr) [collector and donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
1946.309 B
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
140mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
Description for 1946.309 A-F: 'Six bowls. A: Buff ware, outside with pinkish slip and black key patterns, inside with buff slip, brown at middle, with black "tails" hanging from lip and a ring of dots round the brown patch. Varnished. B: Buff slip with dark brown designs including aeroplanes, men, trees and the word 'POWDERED'. Varnished. C: Buff slip with dark brown designs, mainly larke dots. Varnished. D: Pink slip outside with black and white designs. Inside with buff slip with conventionalised figures and other designs in brown. Varnished. E: Small, blackened. The black said to be vegetable. F: Buff slip with embattled design in black and red outside, and zigzag and trellis designs in dark brown and black inside. Varnished.'
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Production / use)
Catalogue card for 1946.309 A-F: 'Napo subdivision of Quichua-speaking Indians of Tena Region, the only subdivision who paint pots. These are models of large pots which hang over fire.'
Event Date 1946
Author: maa
Context (Display)
Exhibited: Removed from display case 71 and 72 on 4 August 8 1986.
Event Date 4/8/1986
Author: Sam Daisley
Conservation (Remedial)
81.101 | Remedial
Event Date 4/6/2019
Author: Kirstie Williams
Conservation (Remedial)
81.99 | Remedial
Event Date 4/6/2019
Author: Kirstie Williams
Conservation (Remedial)
81.100 | Remedial
Event Date 4/6/2019
Author: Kirstie Williams
Description (Physical description)
Varnished ceramic bowl with a buff slip and tapered pedestal base. Decorated on the interior with images of aeroplanes, men, trees, birds and repeated pattern, and inscribed with the word 'POWDERED'. Exterior is decorated with repeated patterns of squares, zigzags and lines.
Event Date 16/7/2021
Author: Sam Daisley
FM:292841
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