Aryballos
Bottle
31725
From: Peru | Northwest of the Town | Pachacamac
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 31725 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Inca |
| Provenience | Peru | Northwest of the Town | Pachacamac |
| Culture Area | Andean |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Description | Black Incasic Bottle, one handle off and most of lip missing Narrow-necked jar/bottle (aríbalo, aryballos) with an ovate body, hyperboloid neck, missing rim, 2 strap handles on the body, and a conical (aribaloid) base. There is a protruding knob just under join of neck to body. There appears to be a burnished finish on the exterior. 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 in black ink. Black ink on the bottom of the base reads: "2827." |
| Height | 21 cm |
| Width | 18 cm |
| Thickness | 0.7 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 15 cm |
| Credit Line | William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
| Other Number | 2827 - Field No SF |
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