Plate Fragment
31161
From: Peru | Sun Temple | Pachacamac
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 31161 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Inca |
| Provenience | Peru | Sun Temple | Pachacamac |
| Culture Area | Andean |
| Date Made | 1350-1500 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Ceramic | Clay |
| Description | Black, Broken Plate with a flaring body, no neck/collar, flattened rim, and a flat base. The plate has several protrusions along the rim and is highly polished. There appears to be a burnished finish on the exterior and a burnished finish on the interior. 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 bottom of the base and black ink on the bottom of the base reads: "2269." |
| Height | 3.5 cm |
| Width | 16.2 cm |
| Thickness | 0.53 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 14.7 cm |
| Credit Line | William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
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