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27393

From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 27393
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I
Culture Area Andean
Section American
Materials Ceramic | Clay
Description

Plain. Oval body. flaring neck; small loop handle at base of neck and knob opposite shoulder.

Narrow-necked jar/bottle with an ovate body, flaring neck, rounded rim, 1 strap handle extending from the neck to the body, and a flat base. No decoration. There appears to be a burnished finish on the exterior and a smoothed finish on the interior. The vessel was likely fired in an oxidizing atmosphere as the ceramic paste is orange in color. Fireclouding is present on the body. Evidence of usewear includes residues/staining on the exterior. The catalogue number is written on the bottom of the base and black ink on the bottom of the base reads: "1261b."

Height 26.3 cm
Thickness 0.59 cm
Outside Diameter 17.6 cm
Credit Line William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number 1261B - Field No SF

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