Cup
26858
From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I, Oldest Part
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 26858 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I, Oldest Part |
| Culture Area | Andean |
| Locus | Probably from Child Mummy; From high up in loosened soil |
| Date Made | 600-1000 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Ceramic | Clay | Pigment |
| Technique | Painted |
| Description | Tall cup, somewhat barrel shaped. Painted. Cup or 'qero' with a cylindrical body, no neck/collar, rounded rim, no handles, and a flat base. No molded/modeled additions. The vessel is painted white with geometric designs in black in vertical bands around the body. The vessel was likely fired in an oxidizing atmosphere as the ceramic paste is orange in color. Fireclouding is present on the body. The catalogue number is written on the bottom of the base and black ink on the bottom of the base reads: "988." |
| Height | 17.2 cm |
| Thickness | 0.6 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 9.6 cm |
| Credit Line | William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
| Other Number | 988 - Field No SF |
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