1884.62.9

Collection type

Object

Description

Red ware pottery vase, oval in section, with roughly designed eyes and nose in relief. [ASh [OPS move] 30/03/2016]

Long description

Red ware pottery vase, oval in section, with roughly designed eyes and nose in relief. The base is rounded in shape. The handles make the ears of the figure. Negative painted design on the exterior. [ASh [OPS move] 30/03/2016]

Geographical reference

Ecuador

Latin America and the Caribbean > South America > Ecuador

Unknown

Person

Maker Unknown Maker

Field collector Unknown Collector

PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection

Date / Period

Date made: Possibly before 1878

Date collected

By 1878 Jan 21

Acquisition information

Donated: 1884

Materials and processes

Material Pottery, Material Pigment, Process Handbuilt, Process Negative Painted

Dimensions

Height: max 196 mm, Width: max 177 mm

Object numbers

Accession number: 1884.62.9 Other numbers: 5 PR Cat other PR nos: 3573

Research and responses

"Old Development Series' appears to relate to displays in the Anthropological Institute, from which Pitt-Rivers bought objects in 1881 (see 1884.62.10 and 1884.62.13). I have updated the 'Other Owners' accordingly [Dan Hicks 20/09/2012]

Associated publications

Referred to on page 366 of 'South America', by Bill Sillar and Dan Hicks, in World Archaeology at the Pitt Rivers Museum: A Characterization, edited by Dan Hicks and Alice Stevenson (Oxford: Archaeopress, 2013), pp. 358-382. Sillar and Hicks write: ‘... and 3 ceramics from unrecorded locations within Ecuador (1884.62.5, 1884.62.8–9).’. [MJD (Verve) 7/1/2016]

Search terms: Vessel, Figure, Pottery, Food and Drink, Food Accessory