Bottle

31804

From: Peru | Northwest of the Town | Pachacamac

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 31804
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Peru | Northwest of the Town | Pachacamac
Culture Area Andean
Section American
Materials Ceramic
Iconography Crab
Description

Black bottle ornamented with crabs in relief on sides. Flat base, Y necked, curved handle on top; connected spout now broken off

Narrow-necked jar/bottle with a globular body, missing neck, missing rim, 1 stirrup handle on the body, and a flat base. No molded/modeled additions. The body is decorated with a raised crab. The vessel has a raised crab on either side of the body. 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. The catalogue number is written on the interior of the neck. No other numbers are visible on the object.

Height 16 cm
Width 14 cm
Depth 14 cm
Credit Line William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number 2780 - Field No SF

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