Pot
31069
From: Peru | Sun Temple | Pachacamac
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 31069 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Inca |
| Provenience | Peru | Sun Temple | Pachacamac |
| Culture Area | Andean |
| Date Made | 600-1000 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Ceramic | Clay | Pigment |
| Technique | Painted |
| Description | small Deep bowl or 'Cazuela' with a squat-globular body, no neck/collar, flanged rim, 2 horizontal strap handles on the body, and a flat base. No molded/modeled additions. The vessel is painted with red at the interior of the rim. The body is painted with squares of orange bordered with red lines and areas of white. 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: "2351." |
| Height | 8.6 cm |
| Width | 13.9 cm |
| Thickness | 1.05 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 11.1 cm |
| Credit Line | William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
| Other Number | 2351 - Field No SF |
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