Bottle
27363
From: Peru | Beneath The Temple | Pachacamac
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 27363 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Peru | Beneath The Temple | Pachacamac |
| Culture Area | Andean |
| Locus | Found with mummy. |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Description | Plain Narrow-necked jar/bottle with an ovate body, cylindrical neck, rounded 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 burnished finish on the exterior. 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: "1140c." |
| Height | 25.4 cm |
| Width | 22.9 cm |
| Thickness | 0.49 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 20.3 cm |
| Credit Line | William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
| Other Number | 1140c - Field No SF |
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