Jug
27124
From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield III
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 27124 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield III |
| Culture Area | Andean |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Ceramic | Clay |
| Technique | Painted |
| Iconography | Face |
| Description | Painted with a face. Face-neck vessel. Narrow-necked jar/bottle with an ovate body, cylindrical neck, missing rim, no handles, and a flat base. The vessel has a modeled/molded face on the neck with ears, eyes, nose, and mouth. The pot is painted with double animal heads in white, black, red, and orange. 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: "2656." |
| Height | 20.5 cm |
| Thickness | 0.52 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 17.4 cm |
| Credit Line | William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
| Other Number | 2656 - Field No SF |
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