Pot

31952

From: Peru | Northwest of the Town | Pachacamac

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 31952
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Peru | Northwest of the Town | Pachacamac
Culture Area Andean
Section American
Materials Ceramic
Description

Red pot, globular body, short swollen neck with everted lip, two vertical loop handles on shoulder. Encircling band of relief ornamentation, molded

Narrow-necked jar/bottle with a globular body, flaring neck, rounded rim, 2 strap handles on the body, and a rounded base. No molded/modeled additions. The vessel has a band of raised dot and line decoration around the shoulder and is painted red. There appears to be a smoothed finish on the exterior and a smoothed finish on the interior. The vessel was likely fired in an oxidizing atmosphere as the ceramic paste is orange in color. Fireclouding is present on the body. The catalogue number is written on the bottom of the base and black ink on the bottom of the base reads: "2865h."

Height 18.9 cm
Width 22.4 cm
Thickness 0.71 cm
Outside Diameter 21 cm
Credit Line William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number 2865H - Field No SF

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