Jar

27420

From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 27420
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I
Culture Area Andean
Section American
Materials Ceramic
Description

Red ware. Globular body, flaring neck; two vertical loop handles on body. Plain.

Narrow-necked jar/bottle with an ovate body, flaring neck, missing rim, 2 strap handles on the body, and a rounded base. There are no molded/modeled additions and no decoration. There appears to be a smoothed finish on the exterior. 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: "1275a."

Height 40 cm
Thickness 0.51 cm
Outside Diameter 32 cm
Credit Line William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number 1275a - Field No SF

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