Double Vessel

26955

From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 26955
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I
Culture Area Andean
Section American
Materials Ceramic | Clay
Iconography Pod
Description

Double in form of two pods. Strap handles from top of one pod to slightly flaring neck above the other pod

Narrow-necked jar/bottle with a double-chambered body shaped like two pods, flaring neck, rounded rim, 1 strap handle extending from the neck to the body, and a rounded base. The two chambers are shaped like seeds or pods and are painted white with black lines. The vessel was likely fired in an oxidizing atmosphere with localized reduction as the ceramic paste is orange to gray in color. Fireclouding is present on the neck, handle, and body The catalogue number is written in black ink. Black ink on the bottom of the base reads: "1207."

Height 7.7 cm
Length 10 cm
Width 8 cm
Thickness 0.4 cm
Credit Line William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number 1207 - Field No SF

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