Jug

31891

From: Peru | Northwest of the Town | Pachacamac

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 31891
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Peru | Northwest of the Town | Pachacamac
Culture Area Andean
Section American
Materials Ceramic
Description

Pear-shaped body, cylindrical neck, everted lip, two loop handles shoulder to neck, plain black jar

Narrow-necked jar/bottle with a globular body, hyperboloid neck, rounded rim, 2 strap handles extending from the neck to the body, and a flat 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 a reducing atmosphere with localized oxidation as the ceramic paste is gray and orange in color. Evidence of usewear includes surface attrition on the bottom/base. The catalogue number is written on the object in black ink. Black ink on the interior of neck reads: "2850."

Height 15.3 cm
Thickness 0.5 cm
Outside Diameter 14.1 cm
Credit Line William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number 2850 - Field No SF

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