Jar

31807

From: Peru | Northwest of the Town | Pachacamac

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 31807
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Peru | Northwest of the Town | Pachacamac
Culture Area Andean
Section American
Materials Ceramic
Iconography Fruit
Description

Spherical body; cylindrical neck with everted lip. Red clay two handles shoulder to neck, curved indentation on body. Probably represents a fruit

Narrow-necked jar/bottle with an effigy-fruit shaped body, hyperboloid neck, flanged rim, 2 strap handles extending from the neck to the body, and a rounded base. No molded/modeled additions. The vessel is shaped like a fruit or other plant part. The vessel is shaped like a fruit or other plant part with numerous raised semi-circular lobes on the bottom section of the body. The vessel is painted red. 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: "2782."

Height 17.6 cm
Thickness 0.6 cm
Outside Diameter 15.3 cm
Credit Line William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number 2782 - Field No SF

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