Jug

31774

From: Peru | Northwest of the Town | Pachacamac

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 31774
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Inca
Provenience Peru | Northwest of the Town | Pachacamac
Culture Area Andean
Section American
Materials Ceramic
Technique Painted
Description

Flat base, shouldered body, flaring neck, one loop handle on neck, hands in full relief, arms painted on. Red bottle with face on incasic type, slightly painted ornament

Face-neck vessel. Narrow-necked jug with a carinated body, flaring neck, flattened rim, 1 strap handle extending from the neck to the body, and a flat base. There is a modeled/molded face on the neck with ears, eyes, nose, mouth, and chin with painted decoration delineating the face and arms in black, white, and red. There appears to be a burnished finish on the exterior and is smoothed with a rotative movement on the interior of the neck. The vessel was likely fired in an oxidizing atmosphere as the ceramic paste is orange in color. There is a black discoloration at the interior. The catalogue number is written on the object in black ink. Black ink on the bottom of the base reads: "2839."

Height 19.5 cm
Thickness 0.46 cm
Outside Diameter 16.9 cm
Credit Line William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number 2839 - Field No SF

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