Effigy Jar
26898
From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 26898 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I |
| Culture Area | Andean |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Ceramic | Clay |
| Iconography | Musician | Panpipes | Flute |
| Description | Representing musician; small Cup or 'qero' with an effigy-anthropomorphic body, no neck/collar, rounded rim, no handles, and a flat base. The vessel is shaped like a flute player holding panpipes up to his mouth. The vessel is painted red, black, and white delineating the features of the flute player. There appears to be a burnished 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 object in black ink on the bottom of the base. Black ink on the bottom of the base reads: "809." |
| Height | 15.1 cm |
| Width | 9 cm |
| Depth | 11 cm |
| Thickness | 0.56 cm |
| Credit Line | William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
| Other Number | 809 - Field No SF |
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