Bowl
31130
From: Peru | Sun Temple | Pachacamac
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 31130 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Peru | Sun Temple | Pachacamac |
| Culture Area | Andean |
| Date Made | 600-1000 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Ceramic | Clay |
| Technique | Engraved |
| Description | Engraved Pattern, Black Bowl with a squat-globular body, no neck/collar, flanged rim, 2 strap handles on the body, and a rounded base. No molded/modeled additions. The vessel has incised geometric decoration around the body and a black slip. There appears to be a burnished finish on the exterior. The vessel was likely fired in a reducing atmosphere as the surface is black and the interior is gray in color. Evidence of usewear includes black staining on the interior. The catalogue number is written on the bottom of the base and black ink on the bottom of the base reads: "2357." |
| Height | 8 cm |
| Width | 18.3 cm |
| Thickness | 0.6 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 15 cm |
| Credit Line | William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
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