Pot
31966
From: Peru | Northwest of the Town | Pachacamac
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 31966 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Peru | Northwest of the Town | Pachacamac |
Culture Area | Andean |
Section | American |
Materials | Ceramic |
Description | Large pot with bosses, medium neck encircled with semi-circular indentation, two vertical loop handles on shoulder Cooking pot (olla) with a globular body, flaring collar, outward sloping rim, 2 strap handles on the body, and a rounded base. No molded/modeled additions. rounded bumps pressed out from interior. The vessel has numerous hemispherical protrusions on the body pushed out from the interior. The vessel was likely fired in an oxidizing atmosphere as the ceramic paste is orange and gray in color. The catalogue number is written on the object in black ink on the bottom of the base. Traces of black ink on the bottom of the base reads: "2735a." |
Height | 19 cm |
Width | 24.2 cm |
Thickness | 0.55 cm |
Outside Diameter | 24 cm |
Credit Line | William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
Other Number | 2735A - Field No SF |
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