Jar
27320
From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 27320 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I |
Culture Area | Andean |
Locus | Obtained at Mamacona. |
Section | American |
Materials | Ceramic | Clay |
Description | Tall body, constricted midway; neck cup-shaped; two small handles shoulder to neck. Black. Narrow-necked jar/bottle with a double lobed body, flaring neck, rounded rim, 2 strap handles extending from the neck to the body, and a flat base. There are no molded/modeled additions and no decoration. There appears to be a burnished finish on the exterior. The vessel was likely fired in a reducing atmosphere as the surface is black and the interior is gray in color. Fireclouding is present on the body. The catalogue number is written in black ink on the interior of the neck. pencil mark on the bottom of the base reads: "1276a." |
Height | 24.6 cm |
Thickness | 0.53 cm |
Outside Diameter | 18.2 cm |
Credit Line | William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
Other Number | 1276A - Field No SF |
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