Pitcher
27388
From: Peru | Pachacamac | Pachacamac Temple
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 27388 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Peru | Pachacamac | Pachacamac Temple |
| Culture Area | Andean |
| Locus | Found with Youthful Mummy |
| Date Made | 600-1000 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Ceramic | Clay |
| Description | Plain Narrow-necked jar/bottle with a carinated body, bulging neck, rounded rim, 1 strap handle extending from the neck to the body, and a flat base. No molded/modeled additions. The vessel is irregular in shape. No decoration. The vessel was likely fired in an oxidizing atmosphere as the ceramic paste is orange 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: "1185b." |
| Height | 12 cm |
| Width | 10.4 cm |
| Thickness | 0.47 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 10.2 cm |
| Credit Line | William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
| Other Number | 1185B - Field No SF |
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