Bowl
31132
From: Peru | Sun Temple | Pachacamac
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 31132 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Peru | Sun Temple | Pachacamac |
| Culture Area | Andean |
| Date Made | 600-1000 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Ceramic | Clay |
| Description | Black Bowl Bowl with a squat-globular body, no neck/collar, flanged rim, 2 strap handles on the body, and a rounded base. There are no molded/modeled additions and no decoration. The vessel was likely fired in a reducing atmosphere as the surface is black and the interior is gray in color. Evidence of usewear includes black staining on the interior and soot on the exterior. The catalogue number is written on the interior of the vessel and black ink on the interior of vessel reads: "2359." |
| Height | 7.6 cm |
| Width | 16.7 cm |
| Thickness | 0.55 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 13.2 cm |
| Credit Line | William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
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