Jug

27328

From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 27328
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I
Culture Area Andean
Section American
Materials Ceramic | Clay
Description

pear-shaped body, bulging neck; two loop handles, shoulder to neck. Black.

Narrow-necked jar/bottle with an ovate body, flaring neck, rounded rim, 2 strap handles extending from the neck to the body, and a rounded base. There are no molded/modeled additions and no decoration. There appears to be a burnished finish on the exterior. The vessel was likely fired in a reducing atmosphere as the surface is black and the interior is gray in color. The catalogue number is written on the bottom of the base and black ink on the bottom of the base reads: "1938."

Height 23.1 cm
Thickness 0.61 cm
Outside Diameter 18.5 cm
Credit Line William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number 1938 - Field No SF

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