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26993

From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I

Curatorial Section: American

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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

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