Bowl

27074

From: Peru | Pachacamac | Pachacamac Temple | Beneath The Temple

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 27074
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Peru | Pachacamac | Pachacamac Temple | Beneath The Temple
Culture Area Andean
Section American
Materials Ceramic
Technique Painted
Description

Small. Painted.

Bowl with a flaring body, no neck/collar, rounded rim, no handles, and a flat base. No molded/modeled additions. Miniature. The bowl is painted on the interior with black and red strips. The exterior of the bowl is painted with red, black, and white horizontal stripes. 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: "9218b."

Height 3.4 cm
Thickness 0.36 cm
Outside Diameter 6.9 cm
Credit Line William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897

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