Bowl

27070

From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 27070
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I
Culture Area Andean
Section American
Materials Ceramic | Clay
Technique Painted
Description

Shallow; flat base, flaring side. painted. Fragmentary

Bowl with a flaring body, no neck/collar, rounded rim, no handles, and a flat base. No molded/modeled additions. The vessel is painted red with repeated semi-circular lines painted in black along the inside of the rim. The vessel was likely fired in an oxidizing atmosphere as the ceramic paste is orange in color. Fireclouding is present on the base. The catalogue number is written on the bottom of the base and black ink on the bottom of the base reads: "1910."

Height 6.1 cm
Thickness 0.58 cm
Outside Diameter 18.6 cm
Credit Line William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number 1910 - Field No SF

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