Pitcher
26993
From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 26993 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I |
Culture Area | Andean |
Section | American |
Materials | Ceramic |
Technique | Painted |
Description | Large. Painted red and black on white ground. Globular but slightly tapering to small flat base. Cylindrical neck. Two vertical loop handles near equator. Narrow-necked jar/bottle with an ovate body, missing neck, missing rim, 2 strap handles on the body, and a flat base. No molded/modeled additions. The vessel has a geometric pattern painted around the top section of the body in red, black, and white. 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. No other numbers are visible on the object. |
Height | 33.5 cm |
Width | 31.7 cm |
Thickness | 0.6 cm |
Outside Diameter | 30.4 cm |
Credit Line | William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
Other Number | 386 - Field No SF |
Report problems and issues to digitalmedia@pennmuseum.org.