Pot
31136
From: Peru | Sun Temple | Pachacamac
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 31136 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Peru | Sun Temple | Pachacamac |
| Culture Area | Andean |
| Date Made | 600-1000 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Ceramic | Clay |
| Description | Cooking pot (olla) with a globular body, bulging collar, rounded rim, 2 strap handles on the collar to body, and a rounded base. There are no molded/modeled additions and no decoration. The vessel was likely fired in an oxidizing atmosphere as the ceramic paste is orange in color. Evidence of usewear includes soot on the exterior and black staining on the interior. The catalogue number is written on the interior of collar. Black ink on the interior of collar reads: "2393." |
| Height | 12.2 cm |
| Width | 13.1 cm |
| Thickness | 0.58 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 12.7 cm |
| Credit Line | William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
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