DepartmentLatin America

Bowl

NamePlate

Artist Artist unrecorded

Date2006

Place madePucará, Puno, Peru, South America

MediumCeramic, pigment, glaze

DimensionsOverall: 2 3/4 x 29 1/8 in. (7 x 74 cm)

Credit LineIFAF Collection

Object numberFA.2008.60.18

Collections

Andean Folk Art

DescriptionBowl shaped plate of brown terra cotta is covered in white slip and then glazed. Across the center of the bowl is an image of a green fish whose tail extends to the edge of the rim. From it's mouth is a leafy frond. The edge of the rim is painted green and is divided into quadrants by 4 large green bars separated by 3 zig zag designs (the fish tail fills the 4th space).