Pot
27464
From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 27464 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I |
Culture Area | Andean |
Section | American |
Materials | Ceramic | Clay |
Description | Plain. Cooking pot. Round bottom, body merging into flaring rim; two vertical loop handles on upper body. Cooking pot (olla) with a globular body, flaring collar, rounded rim, 2 strap handles on the body, and a rounded base. There are no molded/modeled additions and no decoration. There appears to be a smoothed finish on the exterior and a smoothed finish on the interior. The vessel was likely fired in an oxidizing atmosphere as the ceramic paste is orange in color. Evidence of usewear includes soot on the exterior and black staining on the interior. The catalogue number is written on the bottom of the base and black ink on the bottom of the base reads: "1260d." |
Height | 16 cm |
Width | 19.3 cm |
Thickness | 0.66 cm |
Outside Diameter | 17.4 cm |
Credit Line | William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
Other Number | 1260D - Field No SF |
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