Bowl

27340

From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 27340
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I
Culture Area Andean
Section American
Materials Ceramic | Clay
Description

Broad Round bottom; insloping rim. Black.

Wide mouthed vessel with a globular body, no collar, rounded rim, no handles, and a rounded base. There are no molded/modeled additions and no decoration. 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. Fireclouding is present on the body. The catalogue number is written on the bottom of the base and black ink on the bottom of the base reads: "1944." Pencil marks on the bottom of the base reads: "1934.

Height 12.5 cm
Thickness 0.55 cm
Outside Diameter 16.6 cm
Credit Line William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number 1934 - Field No SF

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