Jar
32562
From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield II
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 32562 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield II |
| Culture Area | Andean |
| Locus | This is from the rifled upper stratum or soil |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Technique | Red Ware |
| Description | Spherical body, bulging collar, flaring neck, two vertical loop handles on body. Narrow-necked jar/bottle with a globular body, flaring neck, flattened rim, 2 strap handles on the body, and a rounded base. No molded/modeled additions. The vessel has a red slip. There appears to be a smoothed 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 on the bottom of the base and black ink on the bottom of the base reads: "1337." |
| Height | 24.4 cm |
| Width | 23.9 cm |
| Thickness | 0.8 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 21.5 cm |
| Credit Line | William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
| Other Number | 1337 - Field No SF |
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