Jar

27108

From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 27108
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I
Culture Area Andean
Section American
Materials Ceramic | Clay
Technique Painted
Iconography Face
Description

Pottery: painted. Spheroidal body, flat base, cylindrical neck; two vertical loop handles on shoulder; modeled face on neck.

Face-neck vessel. Narrow-necked jar/bottle with an ovate body, cylindrical neck, irregular, 2 strap handles on the body, and a flat base. The vessel has a modeled face on the neck with ears, nose, and mouth. The eyes are incised. The body of the vessel is painted with zigzag lines in red and white. The face is painted red with the eyes outlined in white. There appears to be a smoothed finish on the exterior. The vessel was likely fired in an oxidizing atmosphere as the ceramic paste is orange in color. Fireclouding is present on the base and body. The catalogue number is written on the bottom of the base and black ink on the bottom of the base reads: "1542."

Height 31.5 cm
Width 24 cm
Thickness 0.75 cm
Outside Diameter 22.8 cm
Credit Line William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number 1542 - Field No SF

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