Jar

31770

From: Peru | Northwest of the Town | Pachacamac

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 31770
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Inca
Provenience Peru | Northwest of the Town | Pachacamac
Culture Area Andean
Section American
Materials Ceramic
Iconography Face
Description

2 Handles; Black, expanding neck, face on neck, pointed

Face-neck narrow-necked jar/bottle (aríbalo, aryballos) with an ovate body, cylindrical neck, missing rim, 2 strap handles on the body, and a conical (aribaloid) base. There is a molded/modeled face with eyes, nose, mouth, chin, and rattle earrings. 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 on the object in black ink. Black ink on the bottom of the base reads: "3104."

Height 25.5 cm
Thickness 0.65 cm
Outside Diameter 19.2 cm
Credit Line William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number 3104 - Field No SF

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