Bowl
31128
From: Peru | Sun Temple | Pachacamac
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 31128 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Peru | Sun Temple | Pachacamac |
| Culture Area | Andean |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Ceramic | Clay |
| Iconography | Calabash? | Skull? |
| Description | In shape of calabash or skull Bowl with a squat-flaring body, no neck/collar, flattened rim, no handles, and a rounded base. No molded/modeled additions. shaped like a half calabash or skull (from card). The vessel is painted red with a white and black striped rim. There appears to be a smoothed finish on the exterior and a smoothed finish on the interior. The vessel was likely fired in an oxidizing atmosphere as the ceramic paste is orange in color. The catalogue number is written on the bottom of the base and black ink on the bottom of the base reads: "2391." |
| Height | 9.2 cm |
| Thickness | 0.78 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 20 cm |
| Credit Line | William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
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