Jug

27012

From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 27012
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I
Culture Area Andean
Section American
Materials Ceramic | Clay | Pigment
Technique Painted
Description

Globular body with flat base; flaring neck; one vertical handle shoulder to neck. Small. Painted with stripes.

Narrow-necked jar/bottle with a globular body, flaring neck, rounded rim, 1 strap handle extending from the neck to the body, and a flat base. No molded/modeled additions. The vessel is painted with vertical stripes and wavy lines in black, white, and red. 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. Evidence of usewear includes black staining on the interior and mottled black staining at the interior. The catalogue number is written on the bottom of the base and black ink on the bottom of the base reads: "1869."

Height 10.9 cm
Thickness 0.5 cm
Outside Diameter 9 cm
Credit Line William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number 1869 - Field No SF

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