Bowl
26743
From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I, Oldest Part
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 26743 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I, Oldest Part |
| Culture Area | Andean |
| Locus | From mummy |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Ceramic | Clay |
| Technique | Painted |
| Description | Red ware, painted. With double bottom: upper perforated centrally. Bowl with a flaring body, no neck/collar, rounded rim, no handles, and a rattle base. No molded/modeled additions. the base of the bowl is hollow and has a perforation through the top. It may be a rattle. The bowl is painted with a circle and line design in gray/black around the exterior of the body. There appears to be a burnished finish on the exterior and a burnished finish 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 bottom of the base and black ink on the bottom of the base reads: "377c." |
| Height | 4.9 cm |
| Thickness | 0.32 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 11.5 cm |
| Credit Line | William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
| Other Number | 377C - Field No SF |
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