Jar

26986

From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 26986
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I
Culture Area Andean
Section American
Materials Ceramic | Clay
Technique Painted
Iconography Bird
Description

Spheroidal body, tulip neck. Two vertical loop handles on body. With bird pattern. Painted in three colors.

Narrow-necked jar/bottle with a globular body, cylindrical neck, rounded rim, 2 strap handles on the body, and a flat base. No molded/modeled additions. The vessel is painted with bands of geometric design around the shoulder and rim in red, black, white, and orange. 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. mottled black staining at the interior. The catalogue number is written on the bottom of the base and black ink on the bottom of the base reads: "2645."

Height 20.4 cm
Width 22.7 cm
Thickness 0.62 cm
Outside Diameter 18.4 cm
Credit Line William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number 2645 - Field No SF

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