Vase
31127
From: Peru | Sun Temple | Pachacamac
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 31127 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Peru | Sun Temple | Pachacamac |
| Culture Area | Andean |
| Date Made | 600-1000 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Ceramic | Clay |
| Iconography | Face |
| Description | Small Vase with Face Face-neck narrow-necked jar/bottle (aríbalo, aryballos) with an ovate body, flaring neck, rounded rim, 2 strap handles on the body, and a conical (aribaloid) base. The vessel has a modeled face on the neck with ear spools, dangly ear ornaments, eyes, nose, mouth, and chin. There appears to be a smoothed finish on the exterior. The vessel was likely fired in an oxidizing atmosphere as the ceramic paste is not visible in color. The catalogue number is written on the bottom of the base and black ink on the side of the body reads: "2402." |
| Height | 9.6 cm |
| Width | 8.2 cm |
| Thickness | 0.51 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 5.4 cm |
| Credit Line | William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
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