Jug

31848

From: Peru | Northwest of the Town | Pachacamac

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 31848
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Peru | Northwest of the Town | Pachacamac
Culture Area Andean
Section American
Materials Ceramic
Technique Red Ware
Description

Miniature clay jug, one vertical loop handle on pear shaped body

Wide mouthed jug with an ovate body, no neck/collar, rounded rim, 1 cord (round cross-section) handle on the body, and a rounded base. No molded/modeled additions. miniature. No decoration. The vessel appears to have been smoothed with a rotative movement on the exterior and smoothed with rotative movement on the interior. The vessel was likely fired in an oxidizing atmosphere as the ceramic paste is orange in color. The catalogue number is written on the object in black ink. Black ink on the bottom of the base reads: "2631b."

Height 7 cm
Thickness 0.4 cm
Outside Diameter 5.5 cm
Credit Line William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number 2631B - Field No SF

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