Jug
27213
From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 27213 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I |
Culture Area | Andean |
Section | American |
Materials | Ceramic | Clay |
Technique | Painted |
Description | Red ware, elongated spheroidal body, flaring neck; one handle shoulder to neck. Painted with lines. Narrow-necked jar/bottle with an ovate body, flaring neck, rounded rim, 1 strap handle extending from the neck to the body, and a flat base. No molded/modeled additions. The vessel is painted with vertical bands in red, white, and black. There appears to be a smoothed finish on the exterior. The vessel was likely fired in an oxidizing atmosphere as the ceramic paste is orange in color. Fireclouding is present on the base. The catalogue number is written on the bottom of the base and black ink on the bottom of the base reads: "659." |
Height | 23.5 cm |
Thickness | 0.46 cm |
Outside Diameter | 18.3 cm |
Credit Line | William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
Other Number | 659 - Field No SF |
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