Bowl with brown glazed interior and mottled yellow-orange exterior. [MOBB [OPS move] 14/03/2016]

Collection type: Object
Description: Bowl with brown glazed interior and mottled yellow-orange exterior. [MOBB [OPS move] 14/03/2016]
Long description: Bowl with brown glazed interior and mottled yellow-orange exterior, perhaps created using a pale coloured slip. The bowl has an open shape and is raised on a round platform at the base. [MOBB [OPS move] 14/03/2016]
Geographical reference: Peru
Latin America and the Caribbean > South America > Peru; Northern Peru
Cultural groups: Wampis
Person: Field collector Ronald Hawkesby Thomas; PRM source Ronald Hawkesby Thomas
Date / Period: Date made: Circa 1920-1923?, uncertain
Date collected: ?1922
Acquisition information: Donated: 1923
Materials and processes: Material Clay, Material Pottery, Process Glazed, Process Slipped
Dimensions: Diameter 187 mm, Height: max 95 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1923.88.56
Research and responses: According to Thomas Myers, 1997 (Curator of Anthropology, University of Nebraska State Museum) this is the only collection of Huambisa pottery that he is aware of in any museum worldwide. The glazed interior suggests that it was intended as a drinking vessel.
The Huambisa are a Jivaroan speaking group and a distinctive feature of their pots is that they normally have a slightly raised platform base.

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