Pot

31731

From: Peru | Northwest of the Town | Pachacamac

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 31731
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Inca
Provenience Peru | Northwest of the Town | Pachacamac
Culture Area Andean
Section American
Materials Ceramic | Clay
Description

Flat base beveled, body contracting to wide mouth with everted lip; two horizontal loop handles on body, red ware, painted in lines of white, black and red.

Deep bowl or 'Cazuela' with a squat body, no neck/collar, flanged rim, 2 horizontal strap handles on the body, and a rounded base. No molded/modeled additions. The vessel is painted with white, black, and red lines on an orange slip. There appears to be a burnished finish on the exterior. The vessel was likely fired in an oxidizing atmosphere as the ceramic paste is orange in color. The catalogue number is written in black ink. Pencil mark on the bottom of the base reads: "2866."

Height 8.9 cm
Thickness 0.5 cm
Outside Diameter 14.4 cm
Credit Line William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number 2866 - Field No SF

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